By The Canadian Press

WINNIPEG - Two teens who plotted to randomly gun down people at schools and a church in Manitoba have apologized.

The 17-year-old male and his 18-year-old girlfriend have pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit murder.

The young man told the court,"I really screwed up" and added he is trying to "better myself."

The girl apologized to everyone she affected with this "act of mine."

Crown and defence lawyers are asking the teens spend two years in jail and another three years on supervised probation.

A judge reserved decision on the sentence Thursday.

Police allege the two were targeting "pretty much anyone that was going to get in their way" at two Winnipeg high schools, as well as at the University of Manitoba and the Church of The Rock.

Police said they were going to use guns and rifles that had been stolen from a home in Portage la Prairie, Man., last fall but haven't offered a possible motive for the planned rampage.