Grieving families label daughters’ killer ‘pure evil’ ahead of his sentencing

Flowers and tributes outside the Atkinson Art Centre Southport, after three children were fatally stabbed (James Speakman/PA) - (PA Wire)

The grieving families of two of the Southport murder victims have branded their daughters’ killer as “pure evil” whose actions have left them in “continuous pain”.

Heart-rending victim impact statements from the mother of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and the parents of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, were read to Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday ahead of Axel Rudakubana’s sentencing.