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who was handed a life sentence yesterday for the manslaughter of seven-year-old Emily Jones.He told the court that contact details for barristers in the case had also been published on social media and that there had been implied or actual threats aimed at people involved in the trial.Mr Wall warned that these issues would be referred to the Attorney General and that they could result in a prison sentence.Taking photos inside British courtrooms is a contempt of court offence and can prejudice trials or stop proceedings entirely in some cases.The judge explained that he was not criticising people for sharing their thoughts on the case and said that members of the public were 'entitled to have opinions on what happens in court and to express

would later attack seven-year-old Emily.Over the course of a seven-day trial a jury heard that Skana had sat on a bench in the park before springing up and grabbing the youngster as she travelled by on her scooter.She had a craft knife which she used to cut Emily's throat.

life sentence with a minimum of eight years. Eltiona Skana killed Emily Jones in the horrific attack in Queen's Park, Bolton, on March 22 earlier this year.

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For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterThe father of Emily Jones, who was killed in a Bolton park on Mother's Day, has paid a touching tribute to her.Mark Jones was with his daughter in Queen's Park on March 22 when she rode her scooter down a path towards her mother, Sarah Barnes.During a seven-day trial, jurors heard that Eltiona Skana, 30, had grabbed the seven-year-old as she scooted by and cut her throat.Mr Jones, who sat through every day of the heartbreaking trial, stood with a police representative outside Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court to hear his own statement read to the public.In the statement, Mr Jones said: "How can you put into words how you feel about the senseless

a jury was told last week.Skana was found not guilty after a seven-day trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court ended with the prosecution telling jurors it would no longer pursue a murder charge.She was sentenced today (Tuesday) at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court after pleading guilty to manslaughter at an earlier hearing.She was given a life sentence, with a minimum term of 8 years, but will be detained in hospital and only be sent to prison if her treatment allows it.Judge Mr Justice Wall told her: "What this means is that you will be detained in hospital until no longer necessary.

For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterPolice have released footage of the moment Eltiona Skana was arrested after she killed Emily Jones.The 30-year-old grabbed hold of the child and slashed her across the throat while she was riding her scooter through Queen's Park, Bolton, on March 22, a court was told last week.She then fled the scene but was chased down by Tony Canty, a bystander who had been walking in the park with his wife.Mr Canty knocked Skana to the ground and sat on her until police arrived at the scene and arrested her a short time later.The footage shows police approaching Canty and picking Skana up from the ground.She is then taken by officers towards a van which is parked

Bolton, on Mother's Day, March 22, this year. Skana was sentenced today (Tuesday) at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court after pleading guilty to manslaughter at an earlier hearing, reports the Manchester Evening News.The 30-year-old, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was given a life sentence, with a minimum term of 8 years, but will be detained in hospital and only be sent to prison if her treatment allows it.Judge Mr Justice Wall told her: "What this means is that you will be detained in hospital until no longer necessary.

A woman who killed a seven-year-old girl by slitting her throat in a park on Mother's Day has been handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 8 years.

while Skana was being sentenced for manslaughter by diminished responsibility today (Tuesday) at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. He called Emily 'bright and funny' and said she was 'a kind child with not a mean bone in her body'."How can we put into words how we feel about the death of our only child," Mr Jones said."It's just too hard to comprehend.

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 scooter and was being helped up, until he heard a woman shout 'she's been stabbed'. Mark told the paper: "'I ran for Emily. I was absolutely terrified.

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 in a public park, a trial was told this week.She had also switched from injected medication, which could be monitored by nurses, to tablets, which she was expected to take herself, in the months before Emily's death on March 22.When police searched

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 being helped up by the other woman.