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| Teenager admits schoolboy murder | Teenager admits schoolboy murder |
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| A 15-year-old has pleaded guilty to the murder of an 11-year-old boy who was stabbed to death and dumped in a Greater Manchester park. | A 15-year-old has pleaded guilty to the murder of an 11-year-old boy who was stabbed to death and dumped in a Greater Manchester park. |
| Joseph Geeling was beaten, stabbed and then left in Whitehead Park, Bury, on 1 March 2006. | |
| Michael Hamer, who was 14 at the time of the attack, admitted murder before the start of his trial at Manchester Crown Court. | |
| Hamer admitted responsibility for killing Joe at an earlier hearing. | |
| A massive search was launched for Joe, a cystic fibrosis sufferer, after he failed to return home from school. | A massive search was launched for Joe, a cystic fibrosis sufferer, after he failed to return home from school. |
| He had left St Gabriel's High in the afternoon and was last seen by fellow pupils on Manchester Road at about 1600 GMT on the day he died. | He had left St Gabriel's High in the afternoon and was last seen by fellow pupils on Manchester Road at about 1600 GMT on the day he died. |
| His worried parents raised the alarm after he failed to return home to be taken to hospital for treatment for his condition. | His worried parents raised the alarm after he failed to return home to be taken to hospital for treatment for his condition. |
| Stab wounds | Stab wounds |
| Police, firefighters, a mountain rescue team and members of Joe's family searched for the youngster in freezing temperatures. | Police, firefighters, a mountain rescue team and members of Joe's family searched for the youngster in freezing temperatures. |
| His body was found hidden under debris in a tree-lined gulley in the park the next day. | His body was found hidden under debris in a tree-lined gulley in the park the next day. |
| A post-mortem examination revealed he had been stabbed to death. | A post-mortem examination revealed he had been stabbed to death. |
| Hundreds of mourners, including the search team, attended his funeral in Bury on 31 March. | Hundreds of mourners, including the search team, attended his funeral in Bury on 31 March. |
| Joe's family sat in the public gallery at Manchester Crown Court on Monday to hear Hamer answer the murder charge. | |
| Flanked by lawyers in benches before the judge, having been excused from the dock, he responded with a quiet "guilty". |