Mum won't let daughter's killer 'ruin' sister's life
PA MediaThe mother of a girl who was murdered in the Southport knife attack has vowed not to let the killer "ruin" her younger daughter's life.
Jenni Stancombe's daughter Elsie Dot was killed alongside Alice da Silva Aguiar and Bebe King, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on 29 July, 2024.
Speaking about killer Axel Rudakubana, Stancombe said: "He took one away from me. I will not give him the satisfaction of ruining another."
Stancombe told how she and her husband Dave were determined to let their other daughter live a "normal" life.
The Ministry of Justice revealed on Thursday that Rudakubana, was transferred from HMP Belmarsh to Broadmoor, the high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire.
Stancombe told Giovanna Fletcher's Happy Mum podcast she always wanted to be a mother and conceived Elsie Dot months after her wedding.
Like her sibling, Stancombe's younger daughter attends dance classes and loves cheerleading.
She said: "Me and Day [Dave] both committed to that, that we have to try and give her as normal life as possible."
PAShe confessed she felt intense guilt about the day she left Elsie Dot at her Taylor Swift-themed dance class, where she was killed.
Now when her other daughter goes to classes she "stays" in the car park and says "I have been on every school trip with her".
Living near her daughter's school, she spoke of the "relief" she feels when a 999 siren fades away.
She said: "I am trying hard to protect her and I don't want her to feel unsafe when she goes to school."
She added: "The school have been really patient with me to make sure I know she is safe."
Stancombe also spoke about the honest mother-daughter relationship she has.
"I tell her when I have had a really hard day and I have been really sad," she said.
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