{"id":364361,"date":"2026-07-25T01:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/outcry-as-southport-killer-transferred-from-prison-to-secure-hospital-costing-300000-per-year\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T01:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:00:29","slug":"outcry-as-southport-killer-transferred-from-prison-to-secure-hospital-costing-300000-per-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/outcry-as-southport-killer-transferred-from-prison-to-secure-hospital-costing-300000-per-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Outcry as Southport killer transferred from prison to secure hospital &#8216;costing \u00a3300,000 per year&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/bO5YqzdAd9k\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Outcry as Southport killer transferred from prison to secure hospital 'costing \u00a3300,000 per year'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bO5YqzdAd9k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cmanipulate the system\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>It will be two years since he carried out the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on 29 July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u201cmanipulate the system\u201d. 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