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Court orders hospital detention after stabbing two boys

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  • Ann Marie McEvoy received a hospital order under the Mental Health Act from Lincoln Crown Court.
  • She stabbed two 10-year-old boys in a Friskney flat after a several-hour police stand-off.
  • Police tasered and arrested the 45-year-old suspect from Church Walk, Colchester.
  • One victim required lung and neck surgery; the other is only slowly improving.
  • Judge Simon Hirst said the order protects the public and may exceed any prison term.