Emily Jones: Last News

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.

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.

The heartbroken dad of Emily Jones has spoken of his last harrowing thoughts when his little girl was killed.

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,"

A woman has been found not guilty of murdering a seven-year-old girl who had throat slit in park on Mother's Day.

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.

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

A seven-year-old girl was on her scooter in a park calling out to her mother when a stranger slit her throat, a murder trial has heard.

A woman has admitted fatally stabbing a seven-year-old girl in front of her horrified family as she played on her scooter in a park. Eltiona Skana pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Emily Jones who was attacked on March 22 as the family celebrated Mother's Day in Greater Manchester.

The parents of tragic Emily Jones have raised a staggering amount of money in 24 hours in her name for charity. 

The primary school in Bolton where seven-year-old Emily Jones was a pupil is asking for help to build a memorial garden for the little girl who was stabbed to death on Mother's Day.

A seven-year-old girl randomly stabbed to death in a park was "a ray of sunshine" who lit up a room with her smile, her teachers have said.

The parents of a girl who was stabbed to death by a stranger on Mother’s Day have paid tribute to their “beautiful” daughter.

A woman accused of murdering a young girl in a park could go on trial in the autumn.

A woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of seven-year-old Emily Jones in a Bolton park.

A woman has been charged with the murder of seven-year-old Emily Jones in a Bolton park.