A lawyer for the families of the children murdered by the Southport killer has said his transfer from prison to a high security psychiatric hospital is another attempt by him to “manipulate the system”.
Now 19, the killer, referred to as AR, was given a life sentence for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; Bebe King, six; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults.
It will be two years since he carried out the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on 29 July 2024.
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