Southport attacker pleads guilty to murdering three girls at dance class The teenager accused of killing three girls in a knife attack at a dance class in Southport in July last year has pleaded guilty to their murders.
He refused to stand or confirm his name but then pleaded guilty to the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven.
He also admitted 10 counts of attempted murder and possession of a kitchen knife over the attack in the Merseyside town on 29 July.
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