Southport killer could ‘one day walk free amongst us’, says peer
Southport killer could ‘one day walk free amongst us’, says peer
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Southport killer Axel Rudakubana could “one day walk free amongst us”, the House of Lords has been told as peers raised “grave concerns” over his sentencing. Conservative peer Lord Davies called for a review on sentencing to allow whole-life orders to be given to under-18s.
Eighteen-year-old Rudakubana was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years last week – one of the highest minimum terms on record – for murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a dance class in Southport on July 29 last year.
Three separate referrals were made to the Government’s anti-terror programme, Prevent, about Rudakubana’s behaviour in the years before the attack, as well as six separate calls to police. In the House of Lords on Monday, Lord Davies said the attack is “one of the most despicable criminal acts” he has ever encountered.
He said: “My previous career, 32 years as a detective policing in London, I saw some of the most violent and atrocious criminals at work, but this certainly ranks as the most heinous of crimes.”. Lord Davies said Rudakubana should “never be released from prison”.
He said: “His age means he has not been given a whole-life sentence, despite the countless lives he destroyed on that dreadful day and the legacy of mistrust he has sown across the country.”. Lord Davies added: “I must express my grave concerns about the limitations of our current sentencing framework.
