Romanian migrant could have killed 11 year old if security guard had not stopped knife attack

A homeless Romanian who stabbed an 11-year-old Australian girl eight times in a random attack in Leicester Square could have killed her if a security guard had not intervened, a court heard. The young tourist had just come out of the Lego store when Ioan Pintaru, 33, put her in a headlock while repeatedly knifing her in the face, neck and shoulder with a large kitchen knife. Her mother shouted ‘why are you doing this” but the attack continued until…