Indyplus video: Phillip Simelane admits manslaughter over Birmingham bus stabbing of schoolgirl

Wednesday 02 October 2013 21:12 BST

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Phillip Simelane, 23, admitted the manslaughter of Christina Edkins – who had turned 16 just two weeks earlier – on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He was ordered to be detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act and is unlikely ever to be released.

Watch footage of Simelane captured on CCTV after stabbing the 16-year old on the upper deck of a bus in the video below:

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