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Teen admits bank holiday stabbing on beach that left 17-year-old with amputated leg
Idris Ahmed has now admitted to the "unprovoked" attack after changing his plea
A teenager has admitted stabbing a 17-year-old boy in an "unprovoked" attack which led to him having his leg amputated.
Newport Crown Court heard the boy, who cannot be named because of his age, was visiting the beach with a group of friends in May 2026, when the incident happened during a bank holiday trip to Barry Island.
Idris Ahmed, from Riverside in Cardiff, previously denied grievous bodily harm with intent and possessing a knife - but changed his plea to guilty on Tuesday.
Ahmed, 19, attacked the teenager "without warning" after the victim acted "as a peacemaker" between the group Ahmed was socialising with and those in his own party. Ahmed is expected to be sentenced on 27 November.
The 17-year-old victim previously told the jury he had bled heavily, and fallen in and out of consciousness immediately after the stabbing.
He was airlifted to hospital where he underwent four surgeries, but despite several transfusions, oxygen was not flowing properly to the leg.
The jury heard it was determined the teenager needed a through-knee amputation, removing the lower half of his leg.
The incident happened in Barry Island on a busy bank holiday on 25 May 2026
On Monday, the court heard the 17-year-old fell to the ground in the moment after the attack and looked pale, saying: "I am going, I feel myself going."