15/03/2013
22-Year-Old Charged With Teen's Bus Murder
22-year-old Philip Simelane has appeared before Birmingham Crown Court charged with the murder of Christina Edkins, who was killed in a knife attack on a bus during the morning rush hour last week.
Christina Edkins was stabbed to death on board the bus on Hagley Road while on her way to Leasowes High School in Halesowen on 7 March.
Simelane, from Walsall, was remanded in custody to a secure mental health unit, and is due back at the court on 31 May.
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Christina Edkins was stabbed to death on board the bus on Hagley Road while on her way to Leasowes High School in Halesowen on 7 March.
Simelane, from Walsall, was remanded in custody to a secure mental health unit, and is due back at the court on 31 May.
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