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, from New Milton, attacked the girl, who was playing outside his flat with a friend, in August 2024. Bournemouth Crown Court heard data from Wilkes' phone showed he had researched James Bulger's murder and rioting after the Southport killings ahead of the attack.

In a victim impact statement, the girl's mother said her daughter had developed post traumatic stress disorder and "carries a life sentence of her own".