A 25-year-old man has admitted murdering his girlfriend in their shared flat.
Joe Atkinson appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Friday accused of murdering his university sweetheart Poppy Devey-Waterhouse, 24, at home in Leeds on December 14.
Atkinson pleaded guilty to murdering Miss Devey-Waterhouse in a short hearing in packed courtroom.
Dressed in a blue, crew-necked jumper, the defendant spoke only to confirm his name and to enter his guilty plea to the single charge, watched by many members of his own and his victim's families.
A number of people in court were in tears.
Atkinson, of Richmond Hill, Leeds, was remanded in custody by the judge, Mr Justice Lavender, who told him he will be sentenced next week, on April 12.
No details of the case were given in court on Friday.
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