Teen pleads guilty to murder of grandmother Vyleen White
Vyleen Joan White was stabbed in a car park of a shopping centre in Redbank Plains, west of Brisbane, in February 2024.
Her death sparked community outrage, and prompted the then-Labor state government to change bail laws for juveniles.
The teenager, who cannot be named under youth justice laws, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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