Deividas Skebas found to have committed killing last July and is expected to be given hospital order

Deividas Skebas killed nine-year-old Lilia Valutyte by stabbing her in the heart as she played with a hula hoop in the street, a jury has decided.

Skebas, 23, was deemed unfit to plead or face trial due to his mental health, and on Tuesday after a two-day trial of the facts at Lincoln crown court he was found to have committed the killing.

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