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Teen pleads guilty in Quebec school plot, will remain detained

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One of two Quebec teens charged in an alleged plot to kill fellow classmates has pleaded guilty.

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The 14-year-old entered the plea in a courtroom Tuesday in Saint-Hyacinthe, about 60 kilometres east of Montreal.

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He will remain detained pending sentencing arguments set for May 19.

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His co-accused was last month declared not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder.

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The two were charged last September with various offences, including conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit sexual assault against classmates at Polyvalente Hyacinthe-Delorme, a high school in Saint-Hyacinthe.

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The teen who was declared not criminally responsible was 16 when he was arrested.

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