THE KILLING of schoolgirl Emily Jones was unlawful and mental health services could not have predicted her behaviour, a coroner has ruled.
Eltiona Skana slit the seven-year-old’s throat after snatching her from her scooter in Queens Park, Bolton, on Mother’s Day. Skana, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, was later sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of manslaughter, by means of diminished responsibility.
An inquest has been held at Bolton Coroner’s Court - more than three years on from Emily’s death on March 22, 2020.
Delivering his conclusion, senior coroner Timothy Brennand said: “I do not believe that the behaviour of Eltiona Skana in the sense of perpetrating a ‘strange homicide’ on March 22 could or should have been predicted by the community mental health team.”
He went on to say that she could not have been forced to take her medication and that it is only with the ‘benefit of hindsight’ that her attack could have been predicted.
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