Axel Rudakubana, 17 at the time, admitted to the murders of three young girls - Alice da Silva Aguiar (9), Bebe King (6), and Elsie Dot Stancombe (7) - and the attempted murder of eight other children during a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. He also pleaded guilty to possession of a knife, production of ricin, and possessing information likely to be useful to a terrorist.
Axel Rudakubana pleads GUILTY to murdering three girls in knife rampage at Taylor Swift dance class in Southport. LISTEN:Axel Rudakubana's terrifying and deadly knife rampage was not the first time he had launched a violent assault on young children, it can now be revealed.
He also pleaded guilty to possession of a knife on the day of the attack, production of a biological toxin - ricin - on or before July 29, and possession of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism. The future killer - who later featured in a Children In Need advert dressed as the Doctor aged 11 - had launched a horror attack against fellow pupils when he was just 13Victims: Bebe King , six, Elsie Dot Stancombe , seven and Alice da Silva Aguiar , nine, died during the mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport
But he was deemed not to be motivated by a terrorist ideology or pose a terrorist danger and was therefore not considered suitable for the counter-radicalisation scheme. Just as with his murderous assault on the Southport dance studio on July 29, he took advantage of doors being unlocked. Analysis of a suspicious substance found in a sealed container his room showed he had been manufacturing the biological toxin ricin.Rudakubana had also downloaded terrorist material in the form of a document entitled Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants: The Al Qaeda Training Manual.
Read More Southport 'cover-up' row grows: Top Tories demand PM reveals what he knew and when However, both disturbing discoveries were kept secret for three months when Rudakubana was finally charged under both the Biological Weapons Act 1974 and the Terrorism Act 2000. Read More Prosecutors delayed charging Southport murder suspect with terror offences due to rioting fears In 2017 he was pictured receiving the 'performer of the week' award at the Southport branch of Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts, set up by the Birds of a Feather star.
He was cast in the Children in Need clip after being billed as a 'superstar' by a talent agency run by a former Premier League footballer's wife. Read MoreBREAKING NEWS King Charles holds private meeting with families of three young girls killed in Southport stabbing The 45-second video is understood to have been shot on location in nearby Blackpool in early 2018.
By now he had joined his elder brother at Range High School in Formby despite it being over ten miles from his family home. Sources said Rudakubana was suspended for bringing a knife to school in 2020 – only to turn up and attack pupils with a hockey stick while wearing a hooded top. The Southport killings later prompted days of unrest and riots across the UK. Pictured are officers in Rotherham dealing with one incident of disorder during the rioting in August
He continued to train in Cardiff at three different karate clubs before he moved to Southport in 2013, where he continued his martial arts training.
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