Jordan Wilkes, 29, was convicted following the attack on 20 August last year - three weeks after the Southport stabbings.

A man was inspired by the Southport killings to stab a nine-year-old girl in the neck while she played outside his home.

Jordan Wilkes had an "unhealthy fascination with the murder of children and saw his opportunity to fulfil some sort of sick ...

Ms Mulvanny added that at 1.25am on the day of his attack on the two girls, Wilkes had also looked up the case of 14-year-old ...

A man researched the Southport killings and other child murders before he attempted to murder a nine-year-old girl playing ...

A 29-year-old man who researched child murders including the Southport killings has been jailed for 30 years for the ...

A LONER obsessed with the Southport massacre has been jailed after he knifed a nine-year-old girl in the neck as she played ...

A man who repeatedly stabbed a nine-year-old girl in an attempt to kill her has been jailed for 30 years. Jordan Wilkes, 29, ...

A 29-year-old man who researched child murders including the Southport killings has been jailed for 30 years for the ...

Jordan Wilkes, 29, researched child murders and school massacres before launching his attack on two nine-year-old girls i. | ...

He watched YouTube clips about Southport and videos and podcasts relating to the murder of toddler James Bulger. He also viewed videos on American high school massacres. On August 20 last year his ...