Ava White was a 12-year-old girl who was murdered by a 14-year-old boy on 25 November 2021, in the English city of Liverpool.
[3] On 25 November 2021, Ava and her friends, aged between 11 and 15 were playing and sharing alcohol[4] near the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool while waiting for the switching on of the Christmas lights.
[8] The teenage boy and his friends shortly fled the scene, and disposed of evidence before entering a nearby corner shop and purchasing butter, which Ava’s killer said was “to use on crumpets”.
[15] The court was shown CCTV footage, police recorded interviews were presented and a 20-second clip showing the stabbing were played during the trial of the boy.
[17] Among the footage presented in court is of him and a friend throwing away his coat and knife as they ran from the scene of the murder.