A British court sentenced teen Axel Rudakubana to a record 52 years in prison, minus time served, for murdering three young girls in a frenzied stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July.
Axel Rudakubana, 18, will probably never be released, a judge ruled as he condemned the “extreme violence” of his knife attack on a dance class last year.
Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana’s 52-year prison sentence is set to be reviewed amid concerns it is “unduly lenient.”
A British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that horrified the nation and was followed by days of nationwide rioting.
Axel Rudakubana is set to be sentenced and faces a long custodial term after pleading guilty to murdering three young girls at a dance class in Southport in northwest England.
The Sun quotes the parents of one of the children who was injured in the attack but survived, named only as Child A, saying: "When we think of Southport we'll think of the girls. Their bravery. Their strength. He will not win."
Axel Rudakubana, then 17, unleashed an attack on 30 July during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class – in the chaotic hours following the incident, misinformation began spreading online
After a teenager admitted murdering three girls at a dance class, Keir Starmer said people were being radicalized into violence for its own sake and terrorism laws might need to change.
Many rail services were cancelled or delayed as Storm Éowyn roared across the north-west of England. Transpennine Express urged customers not to travel between Manchester and Liverpool and there were no Avanti West Coast services north of Preston. Northern said no trains were running between Manchester Victoria and both Chester and Leeds.
A British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, for an attack Prime Minister Keir Starmer called one of the most harrowing moments in Britain's history.
Police officers watch members of the public outside the Town Hall in Southport, England, Aug. 5, 2024 after three young girls were killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club ...