'As long I'm breathing, I'll do everything I can do to keep her where she is': Emily Jones' dad 'relieved' as schoolgirl's killer has appeal rejected
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe father of schoolgirl Emily Jones - who was killed in a Bolton park on Mother's Day - said he felt 'relieved' as her killer failed in her sentence appeal bid.
Emily, seven, had been riding her scooter towards her mother in Queen's Park on March 22, 2020, when she was grabbed by Eltiona Skana, who fatally slashed her across the neck with a craft knife.
Skana pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility and was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 10 years and eight months following a court appearance last year. READ MORE:Inquest into killing of Emily Jones, 7, will hear how 'psychologically disordered' attacker ended up in community The 31-year-old - who suffers from severe paranoid schizophrenia - appealed against her punishment, with her lawyers arguing the minimum term was too long and that the judge should only have given her a hospital order.
Today (February 2), three judges sitting at the Court of Appeal in London dismissed the appeal. Explaining the decision, Lady Justice Macur admitted the sentencing judge in Skana's case had a 'difficult exercise', but accepted his original decisions.
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