A 12-year-old boy has become the youngest person to be charged over the riots that broke out in the wake of the killing of three young girls in Southport.
The youth, who cannot be named because of his age, has been charged with violent disorder in the Merseyside town on 30 July.
Merseyside Police said he is among three males to be charged over the riot that broke out the day after Bebe King, six, nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on 29 July.
The boy, from Southport, is due to appear at Merseyside Youth Court, while Harvey Gabbott, 21, from Tarleton, Lancashire, and Paul Dryhurst, 33, from Litherland, are due to appear at Liverpool Magistrates Court also charged with violent disorder.
A total of 30 people have been charged over riots in Southport and Liverpool, while police had made 927 arrests and prosecutors charged 466 people by Sunday.
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