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Man Who Stabbed Girl in London's Leicester Square Detained
Ioan Pintaru stabbed an 11-year-old girl eight times in a random attack; detained indefinitely under a hospital order due to psychosis at the time, court ruled.
- On the morning of August 12 last year, Ioan Pintaru, defendant, 33, stabbed an 11-year-old Australian girl eight times outside a Lego store in Leicester Square at around 11.30am.
- Prosecutors said psychosis prevented proof of intent to kill, so the Crown offered no evidence on the attempted murder charge on Tuesday, with psychiatric assessments recording Pintaru believing he was followed.
- A TWG Tea security guard, named Abdullah, grabbed Pintaru’s knife hand causing him to drop it, then he and two other men pinned Pintaru until police arrived while a passing nurse helped stem the bleeding.
- The court heard the girl, now 13, has recovered physically but suffers lasting psychological harm, with her mother describing profound emotional harm and constant danger scanning, as detailed in a victim impact statement.
- Court documents record Pintaru’s prior psychiatric admission in Romania and his appearance with three health workers; he became upset in interviews, resisted viewing CCTV footage, and the judge read letters from Pintaru’s mother and his priest in Romania.
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Man who stabbed 11-year-old Australian girl in London sentenced
A man found guilty of a "savage and brutal" stabbing of an 11-year-old Australian girl on holiday in London has been sentenced, potentially indefinitely.Ioan-Alexandru Pintaru, a 33-year-old homeless man, randomly stabbed the girl as she left the LEGO store at Leicester Square on August 12 last year.He stabbed her as he held her in a headlock, leaving her with wounds to the eye, neck, chest and shoulder, leaving her with serious injuries.LIVE UP…
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