Teenager admits cutting up body

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Aleksandras Skirda, 19, murdered Jolanta Bledaite, 35, at her flat in Brechin, Angus, on March 29 this year.

He severed the hands and head from his victim's body and dumped them in the water at Arbroath Harbour.

The teenager then disposed of a suitcase containing her mutilated body in the sea at the same spot the following day.

Skirda pleaded guilty to the crimes at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Skirda now faces life behind bars and is expected to find out early next year the minimum length of time he must spend locked up.

Skirda, who has no previous convictions, also admitted a charge of stealing £1,400 from cash machines between March 29 and April 3 by using bank cards and personal identification numbers which were "feloniously obtained".

The court has yet to hear a narrative from the Crown about the crimes which Skirda admitted.

A second man, Vitas Plytnykas, 41, has pleaded not guilty to charges including murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice.

He is due to stand trial in Edinburgh in February next year.