A teenager yesterday pleaded guilty to the 2011 murder of an 18-year-old boy on the Railway Trail.Malcolm Outerbridge was found mortally stabbed near his Warwick home on October 28, 2011, and died of his wounds in hospital.Rashaun Codrington, who was 15 years old at the time of the offence, yesterday admitted to the killing before Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman in Supreme Court.The victim’s family and supporters looked on as Codrington stood in the dock.It is unclear when Codrington will be sentenced for the killing, as Mr Justice Hellman ordered a social inquiry report to be carried out first.Defence lawyer Charles Richardson said the report could take a few weeks to compile.Codrington, who did not speak in court except to show that he understood, was remanded in custody.His case is to be mentioned at the April arraignments session.The court has liberty to sentence him then for the killing, if the reports are prepared in sufficient time.Mr Justice Hellman told Codrington: “If the report is prepared before then, they can bring you to court earlier, and can sentence you before the April arraignments.”The victim’s mother Kaywell Outerbridge later expressed relief at being spared a trial.“Thank God for that,” she told The Royal Gazette.“We are dealing with it as best as we can. For us as a family, closure will take a long time due to the loss of Malcolm. I pray that whatever comes out of the social inquiry report will be helpful.”Of Codrington, she said: “I had never seen him before; the very first time was when he was brought to court. I couldn’t believe how young he was, and even now he still looks so young.“I knew most of my children’s’ friends who often visited my home — I was their extended mom.”She said she hadn’t spoken to the family of her son’s killer however “as a mother, I really feel for his mother and can understand how she must be feeling”.Mrs Outerbridge thanked her friends and family for their support.“Bermuda can’t keep losing a generation of our young people,” she said of spate of killings in recent years. “We need to heal as a community.“I just want our young people to enjoy being young; it’s a beautiful and rewarding experience. Try not to be adults too soon. You have a lifetime of that.”Her son had finished a ten-week expedition to Malaysia with the personal development charity Raleigh International just before his death.He had hoped to become a spokesman for the group.His mother said he “returned home with a different vision on what he wanted to do with his life and became a better man as a result of his experiences in Malaysia”.She continued: “He had such a great heart and this was shown at the funeral. I can’t understand why this tragedy happened.”Raleigh International head Kirstin White said Malcolm had met with her on the day before his death to discuss further volunteering for the organisation.“We have had a lot of people that have done Raleigh as a result of meeting Malcolm,” she said, calling him “a great part of our group”.“It’s still shocking. I see two young men with both lives gone.”