Nine-year-old girl stabbed in the heart collapsed in her mother's arms, jury toldLilia Valutyte was fatally injured by Deividas Skebas, 26, while she was playing innocently with a hula hoop outside her mother’s embroidery shop in July 2022View 4 Images Lilia Valutyte was stabbed in the heart as she played outside mum's shop (Image: Lincolnshire Police / SWNS)A nine-year-old girl stabbed in the heart while she played hula hoop in the street collapsed in her mother’s arms, a murder trial has heard. Lilia Valutyte was fatally injured by Deividas Skebas, 26, while she was playing outside her mother’s embroidery shop. View 4 Images Lilia Valutyte was stabbed in the heart as she played outside mum's shop (Image: PA)The statement said: “She was getting pale. Defence barrister Andrew Campbell-Tiech KC told the jury that Skebas, who appeared via videolink from high security facility Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire, was “quite obviously deluded”. The act is wicked but the person who committed it may not be so defined.”Article continues belowThe court heard that in December 2022, the defendant was transferred from prison to Rampton Hospital.

Source: Daily Mirror January 28, 2026 01:50 UTC