A man pleaded guilty today to the murder and attempted rape of Finnish-born student Sara Cameron.

Miss Cameron's body was found near her home in Earsdon, North Tyneside, on Good Friday, 2000.

Today at Newcastle Crown Court Michael Robinson, 30, of Bay View Road, Newhaven, East Sussex, admitted killing the 23-year-old sports student as she made her way home from a night out.

His victim's naked body was discovered in fields.