Peter Duncan: Teenager Admits Murdering Lawyer With Screwdriver

A 17-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to murdering Newcastle lawyer Peter Duncan, who was stabbed with a screwdriver in the city centre last month.

Devoted father Duncan, 52, was attacked in Old Eldon Square, Newcastle, at the entrance to a busy shopping mall.

Emergency services rushed to the scene, close to a Greggs bakery, and he was taken to the city’s Royal Victoria Infirmary, but he could not be saved.

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