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| Man admits head on beach murder | Man admits head on beach murder |
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| A teenager has pled guilty to murdering a Lithuanian woman whose head was found on an Angus beach by children. | |
| Aleksandras Skirda, 19, also from Lithuania, admitted killing Jolanta Bledaite in March and dumping her severed head and hands in the sea. | Aleksandras Skirda, 19, also from Lithuania, admitted killing Jolanta Bledaite in March and dumping her severed head and hands in the sea. |
| He also admitted throwing a suitcase containing the 35-year-old's body into Arbroath harbour and withdrawing £1,400 using stolen bank cards. | |
| Vitas Plytnykas, who denies murder and theft, will be tried in February. | |
| Ms Bledaite's head was found washed up on the beach at Arbroath by two young sisters on 1 April. | |
| Jolanta Bledaite's head was found on Arbroath beach | |
| Police searching the shore area then found her hands. | |
| Days later the suitcase containing body parts was pulled from Arbroath harbour. | |
| Ms Bledaite had been working in Brechin for about 18 months to help raise money for her sick father back in Lithuania. | |
| Following her murder, intensive searches were carried out at her home in the town's Southesk Street. | |
| Local people, touched by the death, raised thousands of pounds to pay for a funeral in Lithuania. Donations also came in from across the world. | |
| About 200 people, including the Lithuanian ambassador, also attended a memorial service in Arbroath to pay tribute to Ms Bledaite. |