A woman has admitted the manslaughter of a seven-year-old girl in a public park on Mother’s Day. Eltiona Skana, 30, pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawful killing during a brief hearing when she appeared at Manchester crown court via videolink from the high-security Rampton hospital in Nottinghamshire. She was accompanied by a member of her legal team at the hospital. Skana pleaded not guilty to an alternative charge of the murder of Emily Jones on 22 March at Queen’s Park in Bolton. Prosecuting lawyers have seven days to consider the plea. A trial on the count of murder is scheduled to begin on 23 November. Michael Brady, prosecuting, asked the judge, Mr Justice Henshaw to adjourn the hearing for seven days for prosecution lawyers to consider the plea. The judge agreed to the adjournment, adding that the matter would proceed on the basis of a “full-blown trial”, scheduled to begin on 23 November. Emily was stabbed to death in Queen’s Park, Bolton, on Mother’s Day, while with her parents who witnessed the attack. The defendant, living in Bolton, was arrested shortly after and detained under the Mental Health Act. Emily’s father, Mark Jones, sat in the public gallery for the short hearing on Friday. Her mother, Sarah Barnes, did not attend. A further hearing is expected in the next seven days.