Axel Rudakubana, 18, will probably never be released, a judge ruled as he condemned the “extreme violence” of his knife attack on a dance class last year.
A British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, for an attack Prime Minister Keir Starmer called one of the most harrowing moments in Britain's history.
SOUTHPORT terrorist Axel Rudakubana has been jailed at least 52 YEARS after he murdered three girls then chillingly told police “I’m glad they’re dead”. The 18-year-old
Axel Rudakubana, then 17, unleashed an attack on 30 July during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class – in the chaotic hours following the incident, misinformation began spreading online
The 18-year-old is being sentenced today for murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed summer holiday dance class last July.
Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in the attack in July last year.
HE took our daughter, her life, her future, and everything she could have been. “There is no greater loss and no greater pain. His actions have left us with a lifetime of grief and it is only
Southport’s Labour MP Patrick Hurley said the sentence was “not severe enough” and he had asked the Attorney General to review the sentence as “unduly lenient”, adding: “We need a sentence that represents the severity of this crime that has terrorised the victims and their families.”
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Tuesday to "leave no stone unturned" to uncover failings in preventing the killings of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed event, saying an inquiry could lead to a change in terrorism laws.
Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana has been jailed for a minimum of 52 years - with the judge saying it's likely he will never be released.
The home secretary said the "cumulative significance" of Rudakubana's three repeat referrals was "not properly considered" by Prevent, while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said it was "clearly wrong" he was not deemed to meet the programme's threshold for intervention.
After a teenager admitted murdering three girls at a dance class, Keir Starmer said people were being radicalized into violence for its own sake and terrorism laws might need to change.