Axel Rudakubana, 18, is scheduled for a plea hearing at Liverpool Crown Court today in connection with the Southport stabbings that claimed the lives of three young children and injured several others.
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 expected to face a plea hearing at Liverpool Crown Court this morning, 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.
Rudakubana is further charged with attempting to murder eight other children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and two adults, Leanne Lucas and John Hayes, who were also stabbed during the incident. The teenager also faces a count of possession of a bladed article in a public place, namely a kitchen knife with a curved blade, with a trial date having previously been scheduled for January 25 next 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', in October. Rudakubana has so far made four court appearances before Liverpool Magistrates' Court, Liverpool Crown Court and Westminster Magistrates' Court. He has not spoken to confirm his identity during any of these hearings. His case is listed to take place before Mr Justice Goose from 10.30am, with the defendant due to appear via video link from Belmarsh prison. The ECHO will be providing live coverage from courtroom 41
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