The 18-year-old is accused of murdering Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Da Silva Aguiar during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class
Axel Rudakubana is due to appear in court today charged with murder in relation to the Southport stabbings. The 18-year-old, of Banks in West Lancashire, is set to face a plea hearing at Liverpool Crown Court this afternoon, Wednesday. He is accused of murdering six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and nine-year-old Alice Da Silva Aguiar , who were killed during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class at the Hart Space in the town on July 29 this year.
He was charged with additional offences of production of a biological toxin, namely ricin, and possession of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, namely a PDF file entitled 'Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants: The Al-Qaeda Training Manual', last month.
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