Sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter to get the top stories direct to your inbox The woman who killed Bolton schoolgirl Emily Jones has been given the chance to appeal against her life sentence.
Eltiona Skana was handed life with a minimum term of ten years and eight months in prison and a hospital order after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
A court heard the 31-year-old - who suffers from severe paranoid schizophrenia - grabbed Emily and slashed her throat while the youngster rode her scooter through Queens Park, Bolton, on Mothers Day, March 22, 2020.
Sentencing Skana, Judge Mr Justice Wall told her she would be detained in a secure hospital until 'no longer necessary' and that if she
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