Hearing set for man accused of murdering girl

A man will appear in court in July charged with the murder of a nine-year-old girl in Lincolnshire.

Lilia Valutyte died after being stabbed as she played with a hula hoop in the street outside her mother's shop in Boston town centre on 28 July 2022.

On Thursday, a hearing was held at Lincoln Crown Court.

Deividas Skebas, 25, formerly of Thorold Street, Boston, is due at the same court on 28 July - the third anniversary of the stabbing.

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