Overview

• Ioan Pintaru, 33, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and to possessing a knife.
• He denied attempted murder, with a trial scheduled to begin on October 27, as confirmed in court.
• The 11-year-old Australian victim was attacked near the Leicester Square Lego store on August 12 last year and received hospital treatment for multiple wounds.
• Members of the public intervened to disarm and restrain the assailant until police arrived.
• Police say the suspect was not known to the victims and the incident is not being treated as terrorism.