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| Christina Edkins stabbing: Phillip Simelane admits manslaughter | Christina Edkins stabbing: Phillip Simelane admits manslaughter |
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| A 23-year-old man has admitted killing schoolgirl Christina Edkins on a rush-hour bus in Birmingham city centre. | A 23-year-old man has admitted killing schoolgirl Christina Edkins on a rush-hour bus in Birmingham city centre. |
| Sixteen-year-old Christina was fatally stabbed while on her way to school on 7 March. | Sixteen-year-old Christina was fatally stabbed while on her way to school on 7 March. |
| Phillip Simelane, from Walsall, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at a hearing in Birmingham Crown Court. | |
| Three months before the attack he had been released from prison unsupervised, despite warning signs over the state of his mental health. | |
| Christina was travelling to Leasowes High School in Halesowen at 07:30 when homeless Simelane stabbed her in what has been described as a random attack. | Christina was travelling to Leasowes High School in Halesowen at 07:30 when homeless Simelane stabbed her in what has been described as a random attack. |
| Manhunt | |
| He was sitting behind the teenager on the upper deck of the number nine bus and stabbed her in the chest as he walked past to get off. | He was sitting behind the teenager on the upper deck of the number nine bus and stabbed her in the chest as he walked past to get off. |
| A post-mortem examination found she died from a single stab wound. | |
| Simelane was arrested just hours after the attack following an extensive manhunt. | |
| Following her death friends gathered by Hagley Road in Birmingham to lay flowers in Christina's memory, while many more were left outside her school's gates. | |
| A memorial garden dedicated to Christina is due to be opened at her former school on Thursday. |