Axel Rudakubana has been jailed for life with a minimum of 52 years for the horrific murders of three young girls.

On July 29, 2024, Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were slaughtered while they were attending a Taylor Swift dance class in Southport, with eight others seriously injured.

Cowardly Rudakubana, 18, refused to enter the dock to hear the judge pass down the sentence after having been removed twice for a series of outbursts.

The court heard shocking details about 's merciless attack, in which he stabbed one victim 122 times, and another 85 after storming into the building as they were making bracelets.

Rudakubana was charged with three counts of murder, 10 of attempted murder for those he injured, and additional charges of , the poison ricin and an al-Qaida manual. He unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty on all charges on Monday.

Five minutes into the afternoon session Rudakubana was been physically removed after launching into another rant. He began yelling: "Judge, I need to be seen by a paramedic, I feel ill" prompting Judge Goose to order his removal from the dock.

Sentencing, Mr Justice Goose said he would have imposed a rare whole life order, handed to only the most serious of crimes. However, due to Rudakubana being 17 at the time of the offence, this was prevented by law.

The judge added: "I consider at this time it's likely he will never be released and will be in custody for all his life."

After the hearing ended and family members of the girls attacked by Rudakubana filed out of court, they stood around in the corridor outside exchanging hugs as police officers watched in silence.

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