Murder trial told woman who killed schoolgirl Emily Jones said to nurse: 'I waited in the park... I picked my victim'

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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.

paranoid schizophrenic who admitted slitting the throat of a seven-year-old girl in a park has been cleared of murder after the prosecution offered no further evidence and withdrew the charge.Eltiona Skana, 30, had admitted the manslaughter of Emily Jones on the grounds of diminished responsibility but was on trial after pleading not guilty to murder.After hearing evidence on Thursday from a consultant forensic psychiatrist treating Skana at high-security Rampton Hospital, the murder charge was withdrawn on Friday and the jury directed to formally return a not guilty verdict.Michael Brady QC, prosecuting, told Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester there was no realistic prospect of a conviction on the murder charge.Trial judge Mr

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.

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 and asked them to find Skana not guilty of that offence.Speaking to the jury, he said the prosecution had decided that was 'no longer any realistic prospect of conviction' for murder."This is not a decision that has been taken lightly by the Crown,"

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 support this defence.Diminished responsibility could apply if Skana was 'suffering from an abnormality of mental functioning' due to her previously diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia.

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 March 22 of this year.

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 thought his daughter had fallen from her scooter in front of the bench where Skana was sat.It was only when another walker shouted out that he understood something terrible had happened, the court heard.He ran to Emily's side and saw she was bleeding from

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 murder rather than manslaughter.

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 murder rather than manslaughter.