The suspect in the tragic Southport stabbing which killed three young girls has been publicly named for the first time. His name was revealed by the Recorder of Liverpool Judge Andrew Menary KC at Liverpool Crown Court. The judge chose to reveal the boy's name in order to combat misinformation surrounding the identity of the suspect. Given that his identity would have been revealed on Wednesday when he turns eighteen, the judge lifted restrictions on press coverage, saying, "allowing full reporting will undoubtedly remove some of the misreporting as to the identity of the defendant."
Judge Menary KC also said that "he had to balance the risk to the suspect's family and the risk to him in custody with the public interest accurately reporting his identity," according to the Daily Mail.
