Killer’s autism claim ‘gives 600,000 people in the UK a defence for murder’

Autism was not the cause of the ‘frenzied murderous violence’ which killed public schoolgirl Elianne Andam, a court heard. Elianne, 15, was knifed to death when she showed ‘solidarity’ to her friend who had turned up to collect a cuddly toy from her ex-boyfriend 18-year-old Hassan Sentamu. She grabbed back Sentamu’s belongings which her friend had given him because he failed to bring the bear to the meeting near the Whitgift Centre in Croydon on 27 September 2023. Sentamu had…