Leicester Square stabbing: Man charged and will appear in court today
A man has been charged and will appear in court later today, over the stabbing of an 11-year-old girl in Leicester Square on Monday.
Ioan Pintaru, 32 of no fixed address was held accused of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article, the Metropolitan Police said yesterday.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later this morning.
Police were called to Leicester Square at 11:34hrs on Monday, 12 August following reports of a stabbing.
An 11-year-old girl was found with stab wounds. She was taken to hospital where her injuries, while serious, were assessed as non-life threatening.
“It was initially believed that the girl’s mother, a 34-year-old woman, was also hurt however it was later confirmed that blood from her daughter’s injuries had been mistaken for injuries of her own.”