Loved ones of a yoga instructor who ran the Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport where a knifeman intruded and stabbed three little girls to death have issued a devastating update, weeks after the attack. Leanne Lucas, 35, was targeted in the horror incident on July 29, leaving her in a critical condition in hospital where she underwent life-saving surgery. The former primary school teacher had suffered serious stab injuries as the attacker entered the community centre on Hart Street through a door that was propped open due to the heat.
Three young girls, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9 and Bebe King, 6, tragically succumbed to their injuries and died following the attack. Earlier this month, friends of Leanne revealed she had been released from hospital but faced a lengthy recovery, warning she was "not out of the woods yet". But in a devastating new update, they shared that the 35-year-old is now back in hospital.
Posting to a GoFundMe page set up to support the yoga instructor on her journey towards recovery, a friend wrote: "Unfortunately this week Leanne was readmitted to hospital due struggling with her breathing. She is waiting for an operation for another drain on her lung due to infection. "Leanne had barely begun her road to recovery.
Please keep her in your thoughts and continue supporting her as you have been by sharing the page & donating anything you can. Thank you all from the Lucas family & friends." It comes after reports that Leanne h.