Murdered schoolgirl 'stabbed to death by stalker she met at church'

A schoolgirl who was stabbed to death in a lift at a block of flats was allegedly murdered by a stalker, it was revealed today.

The attacker was lying in wait for the 15-year-old as she returned home from school and stabbed her more than 10 times after cornering her.

It is believed that he had met her at a church group and had become obsessed with her after she rejected his advances.

The girl, known locally as Asima, was found in a pool of blood at Matheson Lang House in Baylis Road, near Waterloo station, where she lived in a fourth-floor flat with her parents, brother and sister.

A blade was sticking out of her side.