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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Thomas George

"We want something good to come from this": Father of tragic schoolgirl Emily Jones speaks after inquest into her death

The father of tragic schoolgirl Emily Jones said he hopes 'something good' will come from his daughter's death.

The seven-year-old was stabbed in the neck by a stranger as she rode her scooter through Queens Park in Bolton on March 22, 2020. Eltiona Skana, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, slit Emily's throat with a craft knife she had bought from a pound shop earlier that day.

Skana, who was 30 at the time of the attack, was later sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of manslaughter, by means of diminished responsibility.

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