Stabbed Girl: 'Yard Knew of Death Threat' ; (1) Stalker Warned He Would Kill 15-Year-Old(2) Yard Say Man Was Being Investigated(3) Man in His Thirties Is Arrested On Bridge As He Tries to Leap Into the Thames

Evening Standard - London › June 03, 2008

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THE family of murdered schoolgirl Arsema Dawit told police a stalker attacked her and made death threats less than a month before her killing, it was claimed today.

The man is now in custody after the 15-year-old was stabbed up to 10 times and left bleeding to death in a lift yards from her Lambeth home.

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Stabbed Girl: 'Yard Knew of Death Threat' ; (1) Stalker Warned He Would Kill 15-Year-Old(2) Yard Say Man Was Being Investigated(3) Man in His Thirties Is Arrested On Bridge As He Tries to Leap Into the Thames

Her family claim the police told them they could do nothing about the stalker who wanted the choirgirl to marry him. After the killing, a man in his thirties was arrested on Hungerford footbridge as he was about to throw himself into the Thames.

Scotland Yard spokeswoman said the Dawits had made ...

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