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Teenager sentenced to life for murder of Ann Maguire named as Will Cornick

The teenager who murdered teacher Ann Maguire has been named as 16-year-old Will Cornick.

A judge at Leeds Crown Court lifted a court order previously banning the naming of the minor.

The boy was sentenced to life with a minimum of 20 years after admitting the murder of Mrs Maguire.

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Maguire daughter: 'Every morning I pray it's just a bad dream'

Emma (front left) and Kerry Maguire (centre) with their father Don (right). Credit: PA

Ann Maguire's daughter Emma said "every morning I wake up and I pray that this is all a bad dream".

In a statement read to Leeds Crown Court, the Royal Ballet ballerina told of her anguish of that "split second of hope" but said: "It quickly vanishes and the horror of the reality sets in."

She added her mother "gave us so much love. I never felt alone in life".

The 61-year-old's other daughter Kerry said her murder had robbed her of her mother and her future children of a grandmother.

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