The mother of Southport victim Elsie Dot Stancombe has revealed the nine-word response that haunts her following her daughter's tragic death last summer.

       Jenni Stancombe said her daugher was never meant to be at the Taylor Swift dance class where Axel Rudakubana launched his attack, but was only there because she had been saved a place.

       Elsie's mum forgot to buy a ticket for the sold out event, but teacher Leanne Lucas kindly still let her attend as she knew how much of a Taylor Swift fan she was.

       Jenni asked Leanne if Elsie could still attend the class, she told The Sunday Times, to which she replied: "No problem. I'll always have a place for Elsie."

       She continued: "I just always think if she'd given it away … but then I would never have wished this on anybody else."

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       After dropping Elsie off at the dance class, Jenni said she got a phone call from another mum saying "something awful" had happened.

       She and her husband raced to the class, going through red lights before eventually leaving their car in the middle of the road.

       After they arrived, Elsie's dad David said he overheard someone saying there had been two fatalities - later increasing to three.

       He said: "You knew when you got there how bad it was. No human being should ever have to witness what we witnessed on that day."

       The mother of murdered Bebe King, 6, also told the outlet of her grief. She said: "I literally just think they're angels.

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       "Bebe operated on such a high frequency. She had this power to connect with people and the relationships she had with all her family members were different but very special. She had this innate kindness. She had a spark."

       The grieving families welcomed plans for a public inquiry into Rudakubana announced by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper last month after the counterterrorism police were accused of missing multiple chances to stop him.

       Following th attack, she said: "The families and the people of Southport need answers about what happened leading up to this attack" following Rudakubana's guilty plea."