Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana jailed for 52 years for murder of three girls
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Eighteen-year-old had pleaded guilty to murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe and 10 charges of attempted murder. The Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been jailed for a minimum of 52 years for the “ferocious” and “sadistic” murders of three young girls and attempted murder of 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
The 18-year-old refused to appear in the dock when a judge said the teenager would likely “never be released and he will be in custody for all his life” for the “harrowing and atrocious premeditated attack” last summer. The full horror of his actions was laid bare at Liverpool crown court on Thursday when it emerged that Rudakubana had boasted of his attack shortly after being arrested on 29 July last year.
He was heard to say he was “I’m so glad those kids are dead” and that he did not care that one of the girls he killed was only six years old. Some of the children, aged seven to 13, had been stabbed dozens of times and left with life-changing injuries.
The sentencing, where around 40 relatives of the victims had gathered, was twice loudly interrupted by the defendant pleading for medical assistance. “My chest is hurting … I need to speak to a paramedic,” he shouted, before interrupting the judge, Mr Justice Julian Goose, as he tried to proceed: “Don’t continue! Don’t continue! Don’t continue!”.
