Man stabbed girl, 9, to death as she played in the street
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man stabbed a nine-year-old girl to death as she played in the street. Lilia Valutyte was knifed in the heart by Deividas Skebas outside a shop where her mother was working.
CCTV footage showed him taking a knife from the pocket of his jeans on July 28, 2022. He ran along a road and stabbed Lilia once in the chest before running away.
Skebas, 23, was deemed unfit to plead or face a conventional trial due to his mental health and was the subject of a two-day trial of the facts at a crown court hearing. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Skebas attacked Lilia eight days after returning to the UK for a second time from his home country of Lithuania, Lincoln Crown Court was told.
A jury was shown video footage of him running at about 6.15pm on July 28. Lilia was declared dead at 7.11pm at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital.
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