Police name girl, eight, who died in hospital after knife attack

POLICE HAVE named the eightyear-old girl who suffered fatal stab injuries in a knife attack in the West Midlands at the weekend.

Mylee Billingham, inset, was named by police yesterday as the schoolgirl who died in hospital after being found critically wounded at a bungalow in Brownhills, near Walsall, on Saturday night.

A 54-year-old man found with stab injuries after what West Midlands Police said was a “domestic incident” was arrested and is fighting for life in hospital.

A shocked mother told neighbours her “little girl” had been stabbed, as they tried to comfort her after the knife attack. Graham Greatrex, 74, told how emergency services rushed to the quiet street at 9.15pm on Saturday Mr Greatrex, who lives a few doors from the crime scene, told reporters that as he helped the mother she said a man had “stabbed my little girl”. He added: “She was in shock and she couldn’t say anything else.” On Sunday the home was being searched by forensics experts in the cordoned-off, one-storey dwelling, which is believed to belong to the local authority. It was one of a row of terraced bungalows in the street.

Detective Inspector Jim Colclough, who is leading the investigation, said: “We are still at the early stages of understanding exactly what happened and why – but I can confirm we are not looking for anyone else in connection with this investigation.”

Mr Greatrex said a man had lived there for the past six months after the previous occupier, a woman, had died. But he said he did not know the current occupant. He added: “It was a bit of a shock. You can’t imagine it happening on our doorstep, especially when it’s a little girl.”

Other neighbours said they were also stunned at news that a child had died.