UK authorities have dropped an attempted murder trial against a man who stabbed an Australian girl in a random attack in London last year.

Ioan-Alexandru Pintaru, 33, previously pleaded guilty to wounding with intent over the incident in Leicester Square which saw him stab an 11-year-old girl eight times all over the body .

The girl, on holiday at the time with her mother, was visiting a TWG Tea store in the tourist area when Pintaru approached her.

Man who saved 11yo Aussie girl in London stabbing hailed 'hero'

A "hero" security guard who tackled a knife-wielding man and freed the young Australian girl he'd been stabbing in a London shop has been honoured for his bravery.

Prosecutors had said the 33-year-old Romanian national placed her into a headlock before stabbing her eight tim

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