Mothers of Elsie Dot Stancombe, Bebe King and Alice da Silva Aguiar also speak of struggles with trauma and loss
The parents of the three girls killed in the Southport attack have told the inquiry into their deaths of the unbridled joy their daughters brought them and the enduring trauma of their loss.
“This should never have happened in a safe and just society,” said Jenni Stancombe, the mother of Elsie Dot Stancombe. “This cannot happen, no other parent should feel this pain.”
An inquiry into the Southport attacks intentionally heard only three pieces of testimony before being adjourned for the day on Monday: impact statements from the parents of seven-year-old Elsie, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine.
Jenni Stancombe, reading her statement alongside her husband, David, described Elsie as “our joy, our pride, our everything” as she spoke about their perfect family life. “We used to say we had won the lottery, the luckiest parents in the world.”
