Coroner Extends ‘Deepest Condolences’ to Families of Southport Victims

A coroner has formally opened the inquests into the deaths of three girls who were stabbed to death in Southport last week and has offered her “deepest condolences” to their families. Bebe King, who was six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, aged nine, and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe died of their injuries after the incident at the Hart Space in Southport on July 29. The senior coroner for Sefton, St Helens and Knowsley, Julie Goulding, said: “The three young children were full of life and energy and will be missed beyond any description my woefully inadequate words may attempt to describe.” “I therefore offer my deepest condolences to Elsie’s, Bebe’s and Alice’s parents, families and friends, and those heartfelt condolences of all of my staff here at the coroner’s court,” she added during a brief hearing at Bootle Town Hall in Liverpool on Wednesday....