Overview
- The Gwent coroner opened and adjourned the inquest, recording a violent death and noting a provisional cause of multiple sharp force injuries from a Home Office pathologist.
- Rhian Stephens phoned 999 as the attack unfolded at the family home in Wheatley Place, Cefn Fforest, where paramedics later pronounced her daughter dead.
- Police officers, including firearms units, and ambulance crews were called at about 7:15am, and Ms Stephens was treated in hospital and discharged.
- Cameron Cheng, 18, from Newbridge, is charged with murder, attempted murder and possessing a bladed article, and remains remanded in custody.
- A plea and trial preparation hearing is listed for December 12 at Cardiff Crown Court, a three-week trial is scheduled to start on May 11, 2026, and police are seeking information under log 2500361653.