Teachers take on skydive to honour Southport stabbing victim

Adrian Antell, headteacher of Farnborough Road Junior School in Southport, and Jennifer Sephton, headteacher of Farnborough Road Infant School, will be taking on a skydive in memory of former pupil Elsie Dot Stancombe (Sefton Council/PA) -

Teachers of one of the victims of the Southport attack are planning a charity skydive to “celebrate her incredible spirit”.

Seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe died along with Bebe King, six, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar when Axel Rudakubana, 18, launched his attack at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 last year.