A 17-year-old girl died from multiple stab wounds after she was attacked at her home, an inquest has heard.

Lainie Williams suffered multiple knife injuries in the incident on November 13 at Wheatley Place, Cefn Fforest, Gwent.

The teenager’s mother, Rhian Stephens, 38, was also injured and required hospital treatment before being released.

Cameron Cheng, 18, a British national from Newbridge in Caerphilly County, is awaiting trial after being charged with the murder of Lainie, the attempted murder of her mother and possession of a bladed article.

The area coroner for Gwent, Rose Farmer, told the hearing today: ‘ Rhian Stephens, Lainie’s mother, called 999 reporting that her daughter was being stabbed.

‘Emergency services arrived at the scene, and she was pronounced life extinct at th

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