stabbing

An asylum seeker accused of murdering a hotel worker by stabbing her with a screwdriver at a railway station has told a court he had no interaction with the victim.

A South Korean court has sentenced a teacher to life in prison for fatally stabbing an eight-year-old girl, in a case that shocked the nation.

She said: "To have people on the inside who smile to our faces, sit next to us at meetings, share jokes, anecdotes, before stabbing us in the back is very sad indeed."

An asylum seeker accused of killing a Walsall hotel worker by stabbing her 23 times with a screwdriver on a railway station platform was seen on video dancing after she died, jurors have heard.

Morales said she was shocked by the stabbing and wondered what prompted the incident.