Deividas Skebas stabbed Lilia Valutyte once in the heart as she played outside a shop where her mother was working
A man stabbed a nine-year-old girl to death as she played in the street. Lilia Valutyte was knifed in the heart by Deividas Skebas outside a shop where her mother was working.
Skebas, 23, was deemed unfit to plead or face a conventional trial due to his mental health and was the subject of a two-day trial of the facts at a crown court hearing.Skebas attacked Lilia eight days after returning to the UK for a second time from his home country of Lithuania, Lincoln Crown Court was told. A jury was shown video footage of him running at about 6.15pm on July 28. Lilia was declared dead at 7.11pm at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital.
On Tuesday , he was detained in a secure hospital for an indefinite period – the only sentence the court could pass. It came hours after jurors returned their determination after about 15 minutes of deliberation.
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