A 17-YEAR-OLD who admitted killing a student in a North Yorkshire market town following a night out has been jailed for three years.

Thomas Watson, of Woodhouse Road, Guisborough, appeared at Leeds Crown Court this morning over the death of Daniel Crowther.

He was knocked unconscious after being punched outside a pizza shop in Stokesley, in the early hours of Saturday, May 14.

The 17-year-old was airlifted to The James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, but died shortly after arrival.

Watson was jailed for three years.

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