Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven (Image: Handout) Inquests are to be opened into the deaths of three girls who were fatally stabbed in Southport. Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died after a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class at the Hart Space on Monday July 29. Their inquests will be formally opened at Bootle Town Hall in Merseyside.

Axel Rudakubana, 17, from Lancashire, is set to stand trial next year after being charged with three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article in a public place. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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