Sentence : Man Appears In Court Charged With Murder Of Boston Girl, 9

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A man appeared before a District Judge charged with murdering a nine-year-old girl who was stabbed to death in a Lincolnshire market town.

Lilia Valutyte was found with a stab wound in Fountain Lane in Boston, Lincolnshire, on Thursday (July 28).

Lithuanian national Deividas Skebas, 22, was charged with her murder and and appeared before District Judge Peter Veits at Lincoln Magistrates Court this morning.

Skebas sat in a glass panelled dock wearing a grey tracksuit and spent most of the two minute hearing with his head down and eyes closed.

Flanked by two security officers, Skebas stood briefly only to confirm his name, date of birth (December 8, 1999) and address (Thorold Street, Boston)

The court clerk confirmed Skebas is charged with murdering Lilia Valutyte in Boston on July 28.

Man appears in court charged with murder of Boston girl, 9

Spent most of hearing with his head down and eyes closed

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He looks like he would probably kill someone else right now if he wasn't under guard.

 

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Lilia

 

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Lilia Valutyte died from a single stab wound to the heart as she played with a hula-hoop and another young child in Fountain Lane last summer.

The tragedy occured outside the shop where her mother was working on July 28 last year.

Her mother's ‘anguished screams’ were described by an off-duty police officer who was first to the scene and tried to save Lilia.

Deividas Skebas, 23, was charged with Lilia's murder but could not stand trial due to being unfit because of his mental health.

Instead, a trial of the facts took place over two days and a jury of six men and six women took just 15 minutes to determine that Skebas carried out the killing.

The court was told that Skebas committed the offence just three weeks after re-entering the UK from his home country of Lithuania, having lived in the UK before.

The trial judge, Mrs Justice McGowan DBE assured jurors that Skebas, who is currently detained in Rampton psychiatric hospital and did not attend the hearing, will now face an unlimited hospital order.

“You have dealt with some very unpleasant matters,” Mrs Justice McGowan told the jury.

“I have now got to make an order dealing with Mr Skebas. There is no question he will be detained at Rampton for an unlimited time.”

Mrs Justice McGowan added that Skebas could still face a murder trial if his mental health improved.
Following the jury's decision, evidence was given to the court by psychiatrist Dr Ian Yanson, who is the clinician for Skebas in Rampton Hospital.

Dr Yanson confirmed Skebas continued to suffer from psychotic symptoms and had not responded positively to the medication given to him.

The doctor said Skebas spent most of his time in his room and could become irritable, talking to himself.
He agreed an unrestricted Section 41 hospital order was suitable as without it Skebas would continue to present a danger to the public.

Passing a Section 41 unlimited hospital order, Mrs Justice McGowan said she was satisfied Skebas was suffering from a psychiatric illness and schizophrenia.

Given the offence involved the death of a child and his previous mental history, Mrs Justice McGowan said the hospital order would mean no period would be placed on the time Skebas is detained.

Man who stabbed nine-year-old girl to death in Boston sentenced following trial of facts

A man who stabbed a nine-year-old girl to death in Boston has today (Tuesday, July 11) been sentenced to an unlimited hospital order.

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