Tweet Facebook Mail The people of Southport, in northwest England, came together for the first of the funerals for three girls killed during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class , remembering nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar's radiant smile and calling for an end to the unrest that has convulsed Britain. Hundreds of mourners packed St. Patrick's Catholic Church and spilled into the street outside on Sunday, which had been decorated with pink ribbons and balloons in Alice's honour.
Chief Constable Serena Kennedy was among them and she delivered the parents' message that no one should commit acts of violence in their daughter's name. READ MORE: Helicopter crashes into hotel in Cairns The horse-drawn carriage carrying the coffin of stabbing victim Alice da Silva Aguiar arrives for her funeral at St Patrick's Church, Southport, in northwest England. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP) (AP) The coffin of nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar is carried out of St Patrick's Catholic Church after her funeral.
(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (Getty) "I am ashamed and I'm so sorry that you had to even consider this in the planning of the funeral of your beautiful daughter, Alice," said Kennedy, who heads the Merseyside Police force, which covers the area around Liverpool. "And I hope that anyone who has taken part in the violent disorder on our streets over the past 13 days is hanging their head in shame at the pain that they have caused you, a grieving family." Far-right activist.