Southport killer Axel Rudakubana dubbed 'evil' and 'coward' by victims in brave court statements
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Brave survivors of the Southport attack have described the terror of being attacked, as the mother of one of the murdered girls dubbed Axel Rudakubana “pure evil” and demanded that he is never again set free. Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died when Rudakubana entered a Taylor Swift themed children’s dance class and began stabbing victims at random.
Eight other children and two adults were also stabbed but survived, while Rudakubana was captured and told police he was “happy” the girls had died. At Rudakubana’s sentencing hearing, one of the girls who was stabbed bravely read out her victim impact statement, describing the “living nightmare” of the day of the attack.
“The dance club was full of laughter and excitement all morning with the girls full of life”, she said. “The beginning of my nightmare started when I saw you. I thought you were playing a joke. I saw you in your green hoodie and face mask. “The thing I remember most about you is your eyes. You looked possessed and you didn’t look human.
“I watched you stab someone and then I saw you coming for me. It was like slow motion. “You stabbed me in the arm and instinctively I turned and that’s when you continued to stab me in the back, although I didn’t feel it at the time. All I could hear was the screams.”.
She said there was “blind panic” and she shouted for the girls to flee, pushing some of them towards the stairs and out of the building. The girl, who cannot be identified, detailed the traumatic impact on her life, as well as her sister who was also at the dance class.
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