Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hits out at Prevent failings that missed Southport killer Axel Rudakubana. The PM also denied any cover up by withholding information, saying that any information released at the wrong time would have risked the case.
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana said 'I'm glad they're dead' after being arrested for fatally stabbing three girls at a dance class, his sentencing hearing heard today.
Rudakubana's sentencing went ahead today despite the fiend being taken to hospital during the early hours of the morning, according to government sources. A prison van believed to contain Axel Rudakubana arriving at Liverpool Crown Court for his sentencingAlice da Silva Aguiar, nine, was one of the three children killed in the knife attack in SouthportElsie Dot Stancombe, seven, was among the three little girls killed in the attack in SouthportA whole life order is the most severe punishment a judge can give out in England and Wales.
Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana is not expected to receive a whole-life order because he was 17 at the time of the attack and the measures can normally only be imposed on criminals aged 21 or over.A whole life sentence is seen as too severe and not appropriate for a young offender. Within a month, 1,280 people had been arrested and 796 people charged over the anti-migrant violence. Nearly 500 were jailed.
As a 13-year-old, he had been forced to leave his former school, Range High, in Formby, Merseyside, after a series of incidents including bringing a knife to school, coming into school while excluded and attacking pupils with a hockey stick, and a further incident where he tried to assault teachers. He admitted 16 charges: three counts of murder, 10 attempted murders, possession of a bladed article, production of a biological weapon, and possession of information likely to be useful for terrorism.
The parent of one of the girls who needed surgery after the attack insisted that the rules need to be changed. At 11 years old, Rudakubana appeared dressed as Doctor Who in a television advert for BBC Children In Need, after being recruited through a casting agency, it is understood.A car burns after being overturned during a protest in Middlesbrough on August 4, 2024
Tablet computers at his home showed he downloaded papers on historical violence by the Nazis, Genghis Khan and even relatively obscure conflicts in French colonies during the 17th century – plus footage of beheadings and torture. The Home Secretary said there were 'so many signs of how dangerous he had become, yet the action against him was far too weak'.
'It is clear that this was a young man with a sickening and sustained interest in death and violence. He has shown no sign of remorse.' He asked why the discovery of ricin and the copy of the Al-Qaeda manual could not have been swiftly revealed. Speaking immediately after the murders, relatives of Bebe King said: 'No words can describe the devastation that has hit our family as try to deal with the loss of our little girl Bebe.'
'Elsie has been a loving and bright member of our wonderful community since first being brought here on her father's shoulders, and even at her early age she was such a caring and charismatic young lady who loved to please,' she said. The Southport Dance School is the latest case to be covered by the No.1 True Crime podcast, The Trial. Listen to The Trial on Apple, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts now
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