'Pure light' and 'fearless and brave': Parents of Southport victims pay tribute to daughters Parents of two of the victims of the Southport murders have paid tribute to their daughters, describing them as "pure light" and "so brave".
"We'll never feel true happiness again... ever, but we might just feel a little bit of something if we make another child smile, for Elsie," Ms Stancombe said.
In the days following the stabbings, a number of false claims circulated on social media about the attack - including a false name and incorrect claims that the attacker was a recently arrived asylum seeker - with some of that misinformation believed to have fuelled rioting in various parts of England.
Speaking to ITV's Good Morning Britain, the parents of Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, described how they wanted their daughters to be remembered.
He was given 13 life sentences, with the judge, Mr Justice Goose, saying the killings had caused "shock and revulsion" around the nation and said it was "highly likely" he would never be released.
