Teenager appears in court charged with murder of three girls at Taylor Swift themed dance class in Southport

Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were fatally stabbed on Monday when a knifeman entered the dance class on Hart Street in Southport, Merseyside

Police officers and a police van block the vehicle entrance at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court ahead of a teenager appearing in the dock charged with murder over the Southport stabbings (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA)

A 17-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of three girls who were stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

The teenager, from Banks in Lancashire, appeared in the dock at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court charged with three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article.