Funeral held for seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe

The household of Elsie Dot Stancombe requested individuals to provide their daughter “the absolute best celebration”

PA Media The coffin of Elsie Dot Stancombe is carried into St John's Church in Birkdale — The household of Elsie Dot Stancombe requested individuals to provide their daughter “the absolute best celebration”

The funeral of a seven-year-old woman who was killed within the Southport stabbing assaults has begun in Merseyside.

The household of Elsie Dot Stancombe have requested the neighborhood to provide their daughter “the absolute best celebration.

They described her as an “wonderful little woman” and inspired mourners to put on shiny colors.

The service was because of happen at St John’s Church, Birkdale, from 10:00 BST.

Elsie’s household walked behind the carriage in a procession from their dwelling

PA Media Mourners walk behind the horse-drawn carriage carrying the coffin of Southport stabbing victim Elsie Dot Stancombe, as the cortege travels to her funeral at St John's Church in Birkdale — Elsie’s household walked behind the carriage in a procession from their dwelling

A horse-drawn carriage arrived at St John’s Church in Birkdale, close to Southport, on Friday morning for the funeral of Elsie Dot Stancombe.

Her household walked behind the carriage in a procession from their dwelling and mourners lined streets adorned with pink ribbons.

People lined the streets because the cortege proceeded via Birkdale

Elsie Dot Stancombe's funeral cortege passes through Birkdale on its way to the church. A hearse drives in front of a white carriage being pulled by white horses, as hundreds line the street. — People lined the streets because the cortege proceeded via Birkdale

In an announcement launched by Elsie’s household earlier they stated they stated they might be celebrating her life “with positivity, hope and love”.

“‘We are the 4 finest associates in the entire broad world’ – and that mantra will stay with us for the remainder of our lives, sound within the information that Elsie is right here with us and perpetually might be in our hearts,” they stated.

Elsie Dot Stancombe died alongside Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, and six-year-old Bebe King

Elsie Dot Stancombe died alongside Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, and six-year-old Bebe King

As effectively as these gathered within the church, others watched the service on screens on the church corridor and Liverpool Road Methodist Church.

After the service, a funeral procession will go the positioning of floral tributes exterior the Atkinson arts centre in Southport, with a tribute as a part of the cortege from Royal Mail, the place Elsie’s father David works.

Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, and six-year-old Bebe King, had been additionally killed within the assault. Their funerals occurred earlier this month.