Ava White: a senseless death that shocked city of Liverpool

12-year-old went out with friends on night of Christmas lights switch-on and did not come home

• Boy, 14 found guilty of Ava's murder

Ava White was a spirited 12-year-old girl who would try anything once, loved going on holiday and enjoyed mixed martial arts, singing, dancing and making TikTok videos. She was, her friends and family said, a girl who did not fear anything".

That pluck perhaps explains why, larking around with friends in Liverpool city centre last year, she had no hesitation, no concern, in confronting a boy two years older who was filming her. She demanded that he stop and delete the footage. She had no idea he had a knife. What followed shocked everyone, particularly the city of Liverpool.