Trial for ‘park attacker’

An alleged knifeman accused of slashing a teenage girl’s neck in a park toilet will stand trial this summer. The 18-year-old girl ran to a nearby house and begged the family inside to help her after the attack in Little Ilford Park, east London on February 17. She was rushed to hospital where she was treated for stab injuries and remains in a serious but stable condition. Connor Deegan 21, appeared via video-link from HMP Thameside at the Old Bailey…