Fathers of two Southport attack victims to run London Marathon

(L-r) Elsie Dot Stancombe, Bebe King and Alice Aguiar were killed in the Southport attack last July. Photograph: Merseyside police

The fathers of two of the girls who were stabbed to death in the Southport attack will be running the London Marathon in memory of their daughters.

David Stancombe and Sergio Aguiar said their daughters, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and nine-year-old Alice Aguiar, would be with them in spirit as they run the 26-mile course on Sunday.