4 h. ago Romanian man who stabbed girl, 11, eight times in random Leicester Square attack is detained indefinitely after court hears security guard saved her life

Romanian Ioan Pintaru, 33, grabbed the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and stabbed her eight times in face, neck and chest with a large kitchen knife as she left the Lego store last year.

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8 h. ago Leicester Square stabbing saw mum watch daughter, 11, 'being killed in front of her'

The man who stabbed an 11-year-old girl from Australia in Leicester Square, in a random attack that the mother describes the attack as a “wide-eyed and manic, has been sentenced

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9 h. ago Leicester Square knifeman detained indefinitely for repeatedly stabbing girl, 11

The Australian child was on holiday with her mother when she was targeted by Ioan Pintaru in London’s West End on the morning of August 12 last year.

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9 h. ago Girl, 11, 'thought she would die' in Leicester Square knife attack, court hears as knifeman is locked up

Ioan Pintaru stabbed the girl ‘furiously’ with a knife in Leicester Square

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11 h. ago Girl repeatedly stabbed in Leicester Square ‘thought she was going to die’

The Australian child was on holiday with her mother when she was targeted by Ioan Pintaru in London’s West End on the morning of August 12 last year.

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11 h. ago Girl, 11, 'thought she would die' in Leicester Square knife attack, court hears as knifeman is sentenced

Ioan Pintaru stabbed the girl ‘furiously’ with a knife in Leicester Square

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1 week ago Girl, 13, was suffering from a 'distressing' mental disorder when she repeatedly stabbed woman to death, court hears

The girl denies murdering 43-year-old Marta Bednarczyk in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and claims she is guilty of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility,

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2 w. ago Girl, 13, accused of murdering woman by repeatedly stabbing her told a court she was hearing voices urging her to hurt people

The teenager is on trial accused of killing Marta Bednarczyk, 43, by inflicting more than 140 knife wounds at a house in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

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3 w. ago Girl, 13, was not suffering from depression when she stabbed woman, 43, to death, court hears

The jury at Lincoln Crown Court heard that the teenager stabbed Marta Bednarczyk at least 143 times at a terraced house in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, in March this year.

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4 w. ago Girl, 13, 'stabbed victim 140 times and told friends she wouldn't be in school'

Marta Bednarczyk's body was found burnt in a fire at a terraced property in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and a 13-year-old girl has been accused of murder

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4 w. ago Girl, 13, 'planned and researched' murder of woman found stabbed to death with more than 140 knife wounds

The body of Marta Bednarczyk was found burnt in a fire at a terraced property in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, in March.

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