Teenager admits murdering 14 year old boy

A teenager is facing a life sentence after he admitted stabbing a 14-year-old boy to death near West Croydon railway station. Jermaine Cools, 14, was fatally wounded in London Road, West Croydon, on 18 November 2021. He attended hospital but died a short time later. A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as multiple stab wounds. Members of Jermaine’s family sat in the well of the court as a 17-year-old male, who cannot be named, admitted murder at the…