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A paranoid schizophrenic woman who slit the throat of a seven-year-old girl with a craft knife in a park on Mother’s Day has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of eight years, to be served in a high-security hospital.

Eltiona Skana, 30, got up from a bench and randomly attacked Emily Jones as she went past on a scooter, calling out, “Mummy! Mummy!” to her mother jogging round Queen’s Park, Bolton on March 22.

Emily Jones’ heartbroken father described his daughter as “the beat in our hearts” and “the spring in our steps” as her killer was sentenced to a hospital order.

Father describes daughter as ‘the spring in our steps’ as Emily killer sentenced