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Helen William

Man who helped Southport knife victims recalls ‘horror’ of that day

Flowers and tributes outside the Atkinson Art Centre Southport in tribute to the victims (PA) - (PA Archive)

A man who was among the first on the scene of the Southport knife attack where three girls were stabbed to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party has said “it was just something you literally see in a horror film”.

At one point personal trainer Joel Verite, 26, who ran to the studio three times to try to help the children reach safety, including two of the girls who eventually died, came face to face with killer Axel Rudakubana.

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