Sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter to get the top stories direct to your inbox The woman who killed seven-year-old Bolton schoolgirl Emily Jones has appealed 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 that the 31-year-old - who suffers from severe paranoid schizophrenia - had grabbed Emily and slashed her throat while the youngster rode her scooter through Queens Park, Bolton, on Mothers Day, March 22, 2020. READ MORE: Legal assistant sacked from firm representing Jimmy Savile's victims for making jokes about his crimes in Facebook posts Handing
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