Child killer Axel Rudakubana’s schoolmates reveal ‘he was always trouble’ as he’s pictured in drama class aged 11
Child killer Axel Rudakubana’s schoolmates reveal ‘he was always trouble’ as he’s pictured in drama class aged 11
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SOUTHPORT killer Axel Rudakubana was "always trouble," according to old classmates, as new images have emerged showing him at a drama class aged 11. Rudakubana, now 18, was told he will serve life after murdering Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Da Silva Aguiar, nine, and trying to kill ten others at a Taylor Swift dance class last July.
![[Mugshot of a person with dark skin and short dreadlocks.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image_bf6d2f.png?strip=all&w=620)
The cowardly killer was sentenced on Thursday to a minimum of 52 years in prison - the longest for anyone his age. Yet Rudakubana, in his early school years, was an awkward boy who loved to sing and dance before the tide slowly turned. In new pictures released, taken at the Pauline Quirke Academy - a drama school in Southport in 2017 - Rudakubana is seen reciting lines from a script.
![[Photo of a young boy and two other children in a drama class.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/future-child-killer-axel-rudakubana-966493583.jpg?strip=all&w=948)
He attended Saturday morning classes here along with his elder brother, joining other local children – aged between four and 18 – who share a passion for music, dance and theatre. Another image shows him lurking on the edge of the drama group aged 11 as those around him seem enthusiastic and happy.
![[Axel Rudakubana in drama class six years before his crimes.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/future-child-killer-axel-rudakubana-966495355.jpg?strip=all&w=823)
Dressed in a black hoodie, navy tracksuit bottoms and scuffed trainers, the young boy looks unsure of himself as he stands on the stage. These chilling photos are now looked back on with horror after he murdered three young girls in cold blood six years later.
![[a little girl wearing a red headband and a yellow shirt smiles for the camera]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/handout-file-photo-elsie-dot-944890975.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
