Man who stabbed 11-year-old Australian girl in central London to be detained indefinitely
16 December 2025 at 15:28
Mother told court she βrelives the moment over and overβ when she thought her daughter was being killed in front of her
A man who βfuriously and repeatedlyβ stabbed an 11-year-old Australian girl in a random knife attack in Londonβs Leicester Square has been detained indefinitely.
The child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told police she thought she was going to die after she was targeted by Ioan Pintaru in the cityβs West End on the morning of August 12 last year while on holiday with her mother.
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Β© Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA

Β© Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA

Β© Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PA