Overview
- The three defendants, who entered pleas Friday at Leeds Crown Court, denied murder and were set for trial on November 10, which the court expects to last up to three weeks.
- Prosecutors have charged Kayla Smith, 18, and Archie Rycroft, 19, along with a 17-year-old who cannot be named under youth reporting restrictions.
- Recorder of Leeds Judge Guy Kearl KC cleared the public gallery after repeated warnings about noise from onlookers during the brief hearing.
- Chloe died after being found with stab wounds at about 6am on March 28 on Kennerleigh Avenue in Austhorpe, Leeds.
- Her family set a funeral for Tuesday, May 5, at Dewsbury Crematorium, with a horse-drawn carriage leaving her home at 10am and the service at 11.15am.