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BREAKING Woman who killed Emily Jones, 7, on Mother's Day loses appeal against sentence
02.02.2022 - 20:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman who killed a seven-year-old girl by cutting her throat in a park on Mother's Day has lost an appeal against her sentence.
Eltiona Skana attacked Emily Jones while she was on her scooter with her dad in Queen's Park, Bolton, Greater Manchester, in 2020.
The 31-year-old admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility and was given a life sentence with a minimum term of ten years and eight months.
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The minimum term was increased from eight years last year after the sentencing judge, Mr Justice Wall, admitted he had made an error in calculating the term.
Lawyers for Skana, who is originally from Albania and has paranoid schizophrenia, appealed against the sentence - arguing the minimum term was too long and that the judge should only have given her a hospital order.
She appeared over video link at the Royal Courts of Justice today (February 2) with her hair pulled back, wearing a grey t-shirt with a star motif and assisted by a translator.
Emily’s father Mark Jones also observed the hearing over video link but was not invited to make any submissions.
The court heard Emily was in Queen's Park with her dad on her scooter on March 22, 2020 when she spotted her mum Sarah Barnes out jogging.
She was calling out to her mother as she scooted past the park bench where Skana was sitting alone, armed with a craft knife.
Skana got up, grabbed Emily and cut her throat before running off.
Today Lady Justice Macur, Mr Justice Sweeney and Mr Justice Morris dismissed an appeal against the sentence by Skana’s barrister Simon Csoka QC.
Mr Csoka told the court none of the three psychiatrists who gave evidence at the trial have been told by Skana what she was
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