Smiling sweetly for the camera next to her idol Taylor Swift, this is the heartbreaking final photo of Alice da Silva Aguiar before she was stabbed to death during the Southport rampage.
The nine-year-old was tragically killed at a Swift-themed dance class just moments after the image was taken at the entrance to the event on Hart Street on July 29.
She was killed alongside Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven. Ten others were seriously injured.
Alice’s family have released a collection of photos showing the child throughout her tragically short life.
The little girl looked delighted as she posed next to a cardboard cut-out of Swift while excitedly waiting for the dance class to begin.
Another image shows Alice as a toddler during one of her first ballet classes, to which she wore a pink tutu and ballet shoes.
Alice was a dedicated dancer, her parents said in a tribute given at her funeral service at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Southport today.
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