Southport stabbing inquest update as coroner releases heartbreaking statement

The inquest into the Southport stabbings has been opened and adjourned (Image: HANDOUT ) Inquests into the deaths of three girls who were fatally stabbed in Southport last week have been opened at Bootle Town Hall in Merseyside. Senior coroner Julie Goulding said it was "impossible to adequately articulate the devastating lifelong effects of the truly tragic events of Monday, July 29". 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.

Axel Rudakubana, 17, from Lancashire, will 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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