A 22-YEAR-OLD helped a man suspected of murdering a former Plymouth Argyle youth football player in the hours after his death, a court heard.
Henry Felton let the alleged killer into his flat and gave him fresh clothes.
He admitted helping Lee Dent avoid arrest shortly after the death of 17-year-old Alex Paguero Sosa.
Dent has since been charged with murdering the teenager in Kingsbridge on July 6.
Felton, of Fore Street, Kingsbridge, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court to admit perverting the course of justice.
He pleaded guilty to allowing Dent into his flat, giving him new clothes and a bag for his own clothing hours after the death.
Judge Paul Darlow adjourned sentence pending a possible trial of Dent next March.
He ordered a probation report into his background.
Smartly-dressed Felton was released on bail until a date to be fixed.
Dent, aged 42, of Cross Lane, East Portlemouth, has already appeared in court accused of murder.
A possible trial date has already been pencilled in for March 9 next year at a court to be decided.
Dent has been remanded in custody pending an interim hearing on October 20.
Dent and Felton were arrested in July by police investigating Alex's death after an incident at a taxi rank outside a night club near Kingsbridge Quay.
He was part of Argyle's youth academy for several years but was recently thought to have lived in the Kingsbridge area.
A vigil, attended by 300 people, was held on Plymouth Hoe shortly after his death.
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