The 18-year-old’s disruptions meant he was not in court as the judge handed him one of the longest minimum terms on record.

Rudakubana cowardly refused to come into the dock at Liverpool Crown Court when he was being sentenced by the judge ...

Axel Rudakubana has been handed a 52 year sentence for the murder of three young girls at a dance class in Southport last summer. | ITV News Granada ...

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Southport stabbings suspect Axel Rudakubana, 18 (Elizabeth Cook/PA) A warning about commenting on the trial of a teenager accused of a knife attack at a ...

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in the attack in July last year.

Here is a timeline of what was known when about Southport killer Axel Rudakubana: Axel Rudakubana becomes known to a range of local agencies due to anxiety, social isolation and challenging behaviour.

A violence-obsessed teenager who murdered three girls at a dance class in Southport tried to take ... he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court (Elizabeth Cook/PA) He had been due to stand trial ...

Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana is likely to die in jail after being detained for life with a minimum term of 52 years for the “sadistic” murders of three girls. The 18-year-old was sentenced ...

open image in gallery Court artist sketch of Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana, 18, appearing via video link during a preparatory hearing at Liverpool Crown Court (Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire ...

The Southport attack could not be blamed on ... in Liverpool Crown Court on the first day of his trial Credit: Elizabeth Cook/PA On what was supposed to be the first day of his trial at Liverpool ...

Pic: Elizabeth Cook/PA Rudakubana pleaded guilty to stabbing ... He was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents before moving near Southport in 2013. Mr Justice Goose said Rudakubana will be sentenced ...