Overview
- Pintaru previously pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and possessing a knife in the August 12, 2024 attack.
- Judge Richard Marks KC confirmed at the Old Bailey that prosecutors will not proceed with the attempted murder count.
- Sentencing is scheduled for December 16, with the victim's family able to join by videolink from Australia.
- The Crown Prosecution Service said he remains criminally responsible and will be sentenced on the admitted offences.
- The 11-year-old Australian tourist was held in a headlock and stabbed eight times before members of the public intervened and disarmed the attacker.