Bolton having appeared before the courts during the last 12 months. Despite the challenges, the M.E.N.'s reporters have been there to cover a range of cases from the town that have shocked, appalled and gripped our readers.As the year draws to a close, we recap some of the year's most high-profile court cases.It was one of the most shocking cases heard by a court anywhere this year.On a clear, sunny Mother's Day, Bolton schoolgirl Emily Jones was riding her scooter through a park to meet her mother when a stranger leapt from a bench and grabbed her.
Eltiona Skana, 30, slashed the seven-year-old across the neck with a craft knife in Queen's Park, Bolton, on March 22 of this year.
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