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12/03/2013
22-Year-Old Man To Be Charged With Christina Edkins Murder
A man is to be charged with the murder of 16-year-old Christina Edkins, who was stabbed to death on a bus in Birmingham last week.
Christina was on her way to school in Halesowen during the morning rush hour on Thursday when she was attacked. A postmortem examination showed she died from a single stab wound to the chest.
West Midlands police that 22-year-old Walsall man Phillip Simelane was to be charged with murder.
He was arrested five hours after the attack, and later moved to a secure unit for a mental health assessment.
Christina was attacked at around 7.30am on the top deck of a crowded double-decker bus.
An emergency doctor and paramedics from West Midlands ambulance service tried to resuscitate Christina but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Christina was on her way to school in Halesowen during the morning rush hour on Thursday when she was attacked. A postmortem examination showed she died from a single stab wound to the chest.
West Midlands police that 22-year-old Walsall man Phillip Simelane was to be charged with murder.
He was arrested five hours after the attack, and later moved to a secure unit for a mental health assessment.
Christina was attacked at around 7.30am on the top deck of a crowded double-decker bus.
An emergency doctor and paramedics from West Midlands ambulance service tried to resuscitate Christina but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
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