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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent, and agencies

Croydon schoolgirl Elianne Andam stabbed in ‘white-hot anger’, court told

a family group including women, men and a child hold candles as they stand together in front of a large, colourful  and smiling picture of the murdered girl
Elianne Andam, 15, was stabbed to death in September last year. Her mother (centre left) and other family members and friends held a vigil in Croydon on 4 October 2023. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A dispute over a teddy bear led to a 15-year-old school girl being stabbed to death by a boy consumed with “white-hot anger”, a jury has heard.

Hassan Sentamu, now 18, denies the murder of Elianne Andam in Croydon last September.

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