A teenage killer is facing a lengthy jail sentence after he admitted stabbing a man to death in front of trick or treaters last Halloween.

Ethan Tucker, 18, plunged a blade

A teenage killer is facing a lengthy jail sentence after he admitted stabbing a man to death in front of trick or treaters last Halloween.

Ethan Tucker, 18, plunged a blade into the body of 24-year-old Cain Jackson multiple times following an altercation in Rugby, Warks., on October 31.

A court heard the teenager came out of his house armed with the weapon before fatally stabbing Mr Jackson in an act of 'excessive self-defence.'

Tucker had pleaded not guilty to murder and a trial date was previously scrapped at Warwick Crown Court due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Ethan Tucker (left) plunged a blade into the body of 24-year-old Cain Jackson (right) multiple times following an altercation in Rugby

But at a pre-trial hearing on Monday (27/4), the indictment was put to Tucker again via video-link and he admitted manslaughter.

Prosecutor Peter Grieves-Smith said the plea, which had been entered on the basis that he had used 'excessive force in self-defence', was acceptable to the prosecution.

He added: 'There is no question that Cain Jackson was seeking a confrontation with the defendant, going to his house with a pretty lethal weapon, and the defendant coming out armed.

Pictured: The crime scene on November 1 as police investigated the killing of 24-year-old Cain Jackson in Rugby

'Of course, he should not have come out, and the force he used was excessive in the circumstances.'

Tucker, of Meadow Road, Rugby, was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on May 22.

Rachel Brand QC, defending, said: 'If it's going to be over Teams [video conference app], we hope that his parents would be able to watch the hearing through a remote link from his solicitor's office, and that the deceased's family will be over the same facility from Rugby police station.'

Judge Sylvia de Bertodano said: 'My hope is that we will be able to be present in this courtroom, but whether we will or not, the hearing will be on that date.

'You are going to be back here on the 22nd of May, and I very much hope you will be able to be brought to the court building, rather than over the link, and that your family will have a way that they can see and hear.'

Detective Inspector Teresa McKenna, from Warwickshire Police, said after the case: 'This was a tragic event which led to a young man losing his life, and our thoughts remain with Cain's friends and family at this difficult time.

'This has been a complex investigation and I would like to thank everyone who came forward to give evidence to support our enquiries, and ultimately helped to bring the defendant to justice.'