Parents of murdered Southport girls Elsie Stancombe and Bebe King pay tribute to daughters in first TV interview

Parents of murdered Elsie Stancombe and Bebe King pay tribute to daughters Source: Good Morning Britain

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00:00I've got to make sure that she isn't defined by this.

00:04She was pure light. She was pure joy.

00:09From day one, all I've ever said is Elsie didn't know bad.

00:12She was fearless, in a sense.

00:14Oh, she was so brave. Yeah.

00:17She was in her pyjamas.

00:19We read to her and the family visited her.

00:23And the final day, we lay next to her.

00:25And we did our final goodbyes.

00:31If Elsie knew that Taylor knew her,

00:35like, all her dreams had come true.

00:39She kept a couple of pictures as well, didn't she?

00:41Yeah, so we showed her the pictures and, er, she said,

00:44can I keep these?

00:46But they've also met the Prime Minister

00:48and welcomed plans for a public inquiry.

00:51It will hold people to account for some of the decisions

00:53that they've made.

00:56And as a result, allowed this to happen.

00:58Our girls just need to be safe.

01:00Yeah.

01:02Our children need to be safer and protected.