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.
Eltiona Skana, 30, may never be freed as a judge handed her a hybrid sentence after hearing from a psychiatrist that her paranoid schizophrenia was "the driver for this act." Emily Jones tragically died after the horrific attack in Queen's Park, Bolton, on March 22 this year.
Skana was previously found not guilty of murder after a trial but earlier had admitted to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Today at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court Judge Mr Justice Wall handed her a hybrid sentence, meaning she will only be sent to prison if her treatment allows it and
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