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Child-killer Axel Rudakubana sentenced to 52 years following Southport murders

Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court following the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift dance class in Southport.

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Timeline of events related to the Southport stabbings

Axel Rudakubana, 18, killed Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, in the stabbing.

Evening Standard

Pictures show armoury of weapons Southport killer stored in bedroom

Images and documents relating to violence, war and genocide were found on his devices.

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Watch: Sentencing of Southport killer Axel Rudakubana for murdering three girls at Taylor Swift dance class

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Southport attack survivor says victims have ‘scars we cannot unsee’

Survivors of the July 29 attack spoke at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Grieving families label daughters’ killer ‘pure evil’ ahead of his sentencing

Axel Rudakubana is due to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana gloated he was ‘glad they’re dead’ after murdering three children

The court heard Axel Rudakubana, 18, talked about the attack while in police custody

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Southport attacks: Axel Rudakubana jailed for minimum of 52 years for 'evil' knife massacre at children's dance class

Rudakubana cowardly refused to come into the dock at Liverpool Crown Court when he was being sentenced by the judge

Evening Standard

Southport killer spoke in court for first time to enter guilty pleas

The 18-year-old had not put forward a defence case statement and lawyers were not planning to advance a positive case on his behalf at trial.

Evening Standard

The missed chances to stop Southport killer Axel Rudakubana

Rudakubana was referred to the anti-extremism scheme Prevent three times before the murders, amid concerns over his fixation with violence

The Independent UK

Southport killer Rudakubana referred to anti-extremism programme before attack

Rudakubana was referred to the anti-extremism scheme Prevent three times before the murders, amid concerns over his fixation with violence.

Evening Standard

Who is Axel Rudakubana?

Eighteen-year-old Axel Rudakubana was born in Cardiff after his parents came to the UK from Rwanda, but later moved to Banks in Lancashire.

Evening Standard

Southport killer ‘tried to take a taxi to school that expelled him’ week before dance class atrocity

Axel Rudakubana’s father stopped the teen from travelling to the school that kicked him out, it is understood

The Independent UK

Southport stabbing: Everything we know about attack as Axel Rudakubana handed sentence

Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to all charges at Liverpool Crown Court

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Axel Rudakubana: How a violence-obsessed teen unleashed horror at Southport children’s dance class

The frenzied attack was described as like a scene from a disaster film when he targeted the girls while a teacher and a grandfather nearby bravely tried to defend the class

The Independent UK

Axel Rudakubana made enough ricin to ‘kill 12,000 people’ as Met chief says attack wasn’t terrorism - latest

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley said the Southport attack which claimed the lives of three young girls was ‘not an act of terrorism’

Evening Standard

Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty on first day of trial

The 18-year-old, of Banks, Lancashire, was due to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday.

Evening Standard

Yvette Cooper appeals for legal process to be allowed to 'take its course' ahead of Southport murder trial

Axel Rudakubana, 18, stands trial for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven

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Trial Into Stabbing Spree That Sparked UK Far-right Riots To Open

The trial of a teenager accused of killing three young girls in a stabbing spree last year that sparked the UK's most violent riots in a decade is set to begin Monday.

The Independent UK

Social media posts were catalyst for Southport violent disorder, court told

The court heard McIntyre shared content from a site called Tommy Robinson/ Britain First/ For Britain about a protest

Evening Standard

Posts on social media were ‘catalyst’ for violent disorder, court hears

Andrew McIntyre set up a Telegram channel called ‘Southport Wake Up’, in the aftermath of the knife attack in the town, Liverpool Crown Court heard.

The Independent UK

Southport suspect Axel Rudakubana pleads not guilty to murdering girls in dance class stabbing

The pleas to multiple charges were entered by the court on Axel Rudakubana’s behalf after he didn’t respond

The Independent UK

Man and woman charged with assault of baby boy taken to hospital in critical condition

Klevi Pirjani, 36, and Nivalda Santos Pirjani, 33 have been charged with causing grievous bodily harm and appeared at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Police officer jailed for nine years after sexually touching girl while on duty

Dean Dempster, of Greater Manchester Police, assaulted the child while on duty in Oldham in December last year

The Independent UK

Southport stabbing suspect appears in court accused of murdering three children and terror charge

Rudakubana kept his grey sweatshirt pulled over his face as he appeared via video link from prison

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