Disturbing Snapchat voice notes of predator who tried to murder 15-year-old victim

A convicted predator who groomed, and attempted to kill, a 15-year-old girl sent disturbing voice notes to his victim’s family on Snapchat.

Ellis Dismore, 24, from Middlesbrough, sent threatening messages to the girl’s family in June 2023 before he tried to murder the teenager by repeatedly stabbing her on her way home from school in Middlesbrough.

The girl was saved when members of the public stepped in to help.

Dismore, 24, has been jailed for 43 years for attempted murder and more than 20 other offences against young girls.