Timeline of events related to the Southport stabbings
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Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 52 years for the murders of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine – who were fatally stabbed at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 – and for 10 counts of attempted murder.
Here is a timeline of events relating to the case. – 2002:. Rudakubana’s father Alphonse moves to the UK from Rwanda, according to an interview he gave to his local newspaper in Southport in 2015. – 2006:. Rudakubana is born on August 7 in Cardiff, Wales.
– 2013:. The family – including Rudakubana’s father, mother and older brother – move from Wales to Banks in Lancashire, a few miles from Southport. – 2019:. Axel Rudakubana becomes known to a range of local agencies due to anxiety, social isolation and challenging behaviour.
In October, Rudakubana is excluded from school after telling Childline that he was being racially bullied and was bringing a knife into school to protect himself. In December, after his exclusion, he returns to the school and assaults someone with a hockey stick, the intended target being a former bully or someone he had a grievance with, it is understood.
He receives a youth justice referral order for the assault – a measure where juveniles who plead guilty to their first offence are placed under supervision to try to stop them re-offending – and completes this in 2021. – 2019 to May 2022:. Police have several interactions with him, including responding to five calls from his home address relating to concerns about his behaviour. On each occasion, referrals are made to a multi-agency safeguarding hub.
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