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Court Hears of “Shocking and Horrific” Killing of Nine-Year-Old Girl

Court Hears of “Shocking and Horrific” Killing of Nine-Year-Old Girl

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A man who fatally stabbed a nine-year-old girl as she played outside her mother’s shop has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years. Deividas Skebas, 26, killed Lilia Valutyte in the town centre of Boston, Lincolnshire, on July 28, 2022. The child was playing with a hula-hoop on a pedestrianised […]

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Court Hears How Asylum Seeker ‘Danced, Laughed’ After Killing Hotel Worker

Court Hears How Asylum Seeker ‘Danced, Laughed’ After Killing Hotel Worker

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An asylum seeker allegedly stabbed a hotel worker 23 times with a screwdriver after following her home from work, a murder trial has heard. Deng Chol Majek, a Sudanese national who claims to be 19, is accused of murdering 27-year-old Rhiannon Skye Whyte near Bescot Stadium railway station in Walsall on 20 October last year.

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