Trial of woman accused of murdering seven-year-old Emily Jones due to begin next week

Mail on Sunday about the last moments he spent with his daughter as she happily played on her scooter, and how he'd promised her an ice cream once they'd met up with her mum, Sarah. Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereHe recalled the excited youngster racing ahead after she spotted her mother, and how following the attack, he initially thought she had fallen off the

For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterA 'rigorous review' into the mental health service's handling of the woman who killed seven-year-old Emily Jones has found that her actions could not have been 'foreseen'.Eltiona Skana suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and had delusional thoughts which could sometimes lead to violence but was not seen by any mental health professional for three months in the run up to her fatal assault on a schoolgirl

a paramedic told the court.The defendant, Skana, is from the Balkan country of Albania - rather than the East African nation of Somalia.

running further down the hill in the park with her headphones on and, after asking if it was alright, the youngster set off in pursuit.Either the headphones or the distance meant Miss Barnes never heard her daughter's shouts of 'mum' as she rode the scooter along the path towards her.Neither was Mr Jones in a position to see what happened to his daughter as she rode past Skana - who was sat with her hood up on the bench.He saw Emily on the ground and initially assumed she had fallen and was

a jury heard that Emily was killed by Skana as she was riding her scooter through Queen's Park, Bolton, on Mother's Day, March 22, of this year.The child had been riding to meet her mother when the defendant sprang from a waiting bench, grabbed her and then sliced her across the neck with a craft knife she had bought that morning, the court has already been told.Today, prosecution barrister Michael Brady QC told the jury that the Crown Prosecution Service would no longer pursue a murder charge

Seven-year-old Emily died after she was attacked by the defendant as she rode her scooter towards her mother in Queen's Park, Bolton, on March 22, the jury previously heard.Skana has denied murdering the child but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter based on a defence of diminished responsibility.However, on the sixth day of the trial, Dr Saifullah Syed Afghan - a consultant forensic psychiatrist who is treating the defendant at Rampton - told the jury that there was not 'enough information' to

Bolton schoolgirl Emily Jones was 'not singled out' by her killer before she was attacked at a park on Mother's Day, a murder trial has heard.Eltiona Skana had previously been sectioned after hitting her mother over the head with an iron, jurors were told on the fifth day of proceedings at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.The 30-year-old denies murdering Emily, seven.

A woman accused of murdering a seven-year-old girl told a nurse 'I picked my victim', a court has heard.Eltiona Skana, 30, admitted her actions were 'premeditated' when she was being assessed by a psychiatric nurse at the high-security Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire in August, a jury was told.She has denied murdering seven-year-old Emily Jones.

here“People were leaving them at the door - we left a little sign saying what he was doing and a box for people to put stuff in,” she explained to the M.E.N.“Everytime we came home the doorstep was just full of items - bag after bag, with more people arriving.

A seven-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital following a collision on a busy south Manchester road.The youngster is said to be in a serious condition following the incident on Plymouth Grove, in Longsight.The North West Ambulance Service sent a rapid response vehicle and an ambulance to the scene following the collision, which happened just before 8.30am this morning (December 1).The road is currently closed in both directions.The incident happened between Winterford Avenue and Nevada

A jury has heard a harrowing first-hand account of onlookers trying to help a seven-year-old girl after she was stabbed in a Bolton park.Emily Jones died after she was fatally attacked by Eltiona Skana, 30, who grabbed her and slashed her neck with a craft knife while the child was riding her scooter towards her mother, a trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court has been told.Skana, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, has denied murdering the youngster in Queen's Park on

California police were continuing to hunt for a 68-year-old woman's killer as nearly 100 people gathered for a walk on the popular hiking trail where she was attacked in broad daylight and stabbed to death. The walk was held Saturday in Carlsbad’s Hosp Grove Park to remember Lisa Thorborg, who had moved to the beach city near San Diego six months ago from Oregon and to comfort a community shaken by the death.

the jury has been told.The child died two hours later. Prosecutor Michael Brady QC told the court Skana was seen running from the scene, but was chased down and stopped by a walker who witnessed the incident.

RECAP, DAY ONE - read entries from our dedicated live blog from the first day of the trial:Mr Jones would regularly take care of Emily on Sundays, he said.That particularly day, they had arranged to meet Miss Barnes in the afternoon at Queens Park, where she was planning on going for a run, the court heard.Emily, wearing a navy coat with spots, saw her mother further down one of the paths in the park and asked if she could go ahead and meet her, the jury was told.Mr Jones said he initially

Live updates from the trial are being published in our dedicated live blog:Skana, 30, originally from Albania, is appearing at the hearing by video link from Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire.She has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on March 22, on the grounds of diminished responsibility, a partial defence to murder.Mr Brady said although it is accepted the defendant does have, and has had, mental health difficulties for a number of years, it is for the jury to decide whether this is a case of

Live updates from the trial are being published in our dedicated live blog:Skana, 30, originally from Albania, is appearing at the hearing by video link from Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire.She has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on March 22, on the grounds of diminished responsibility, a partial defence to murder.Mr Brady said although it is accepted the defendant does have, and has had, mental health difficulties for a number of years, it is for the jury to decide whether this is a case of

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