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Ex-neighbour ‘says Southport killer ordered packages to other houses’

The woman believes he was ‘clearly ordering’ ingredients used to make poison ricin, the BBC reported.

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Why was Axel Rudakubana’s killing spree not classed as terrorism?

Some have questioned why Axel Rudakubana’s brutal attack was not deemed a terrorist offence

Evening Standard

‘You’re a coward’: Inside courtroom where grieving families refused to be overcome by Southport killer’s antics

Rudakubana, 18, was not in court as his victim’s spoke of their anguish after he started shouting from the dock

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‘Sadistic’ child killer likely to die behind bars after dance class murders

Axel Rudakubana was not present in the courtroom as he received one of the highest minimum terms on record.

Evening Standard

Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana jailed for 52 years for murder of three girls

Eighteen-year-old had pleaded guilty to murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe and 10 charges of attempted murder

The Guardian - UK

Southport child-killer’s violent past outlined in court before sentencing

Judge Mr Justice Goose ordered Axel Rudakubana to be removed from the dock shortly after the start of the sentencing hearing.

Evening Standard

Southport killer said he was ‘glad’ children were dead after arrest

CCTV shown of Axel Rudakubana’s attack at dance studio in July 2024, as sentencing hearing told details of girls’ injuries

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Judge orders killer from dock as horror of ‘sadistic’ Southport murders outlined

Axel Rudakubana’s killings were a ‘pre-meditated, planned knife attack upon multiple victims’, a court heard.

Evening Standard

Gang of youths who punched and stabbed transgender teen in attack planned on Snapchat jailed

She was stabbed nine times with the attack filmed and shared on social media

The Independent UK

Shocking moment gang of 'misfits' carry out savage attack on transgender teenager lured to London roller disco

The victim of the transphobic attack asked for footage of the brutal assault to be released to show reality of hate crime

Evening Standard

Man jailed for ‘senseless’ stabbing of friend who died five years after attack

Jamel Boyce was 17 when he was stabbed in the heart in 2016, and died more than five years later after suffering severe brain damage.

The Independent UK

Man jailed for 'senseless' fatal stabbing of friend outside Clapham Sainsbury's

Jamel Boyce was 17 when he was stabbed in the heart in 2016, and died more than five years later after suffering severe brain damage

Evening Standard

Teen accused of Southport murders of young girls stays silent in court hearing

Axel Rudakubana stayed silent as he appeared in court

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Teenage killers of schoolgirl Brianna Ghey jailed for life

Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe were jailed for a minimum of 22 and 20 years respectively for the murder of Brianna in February 2023

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Teenagers jailed for ‘exceptionally brutal’ murder of Brianna Ghey

Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe were partly motivated by 16-year-old victim’s transgender identity, judge says

The Independent UK

Kills lists, Sweeney Todd and the dark web: how torture-obsessed teens plotted Brianna Ghey’s murder

Girl who called herself a Satanist began to fantasise about killing people from as young as age 14, Tara Cobham writes

The Guardian - UK

Why Brianna Ghey police quickly ruled out transphobia as motive

Killers’ messages led investigators to believe plot was not driven primarily by a hatred of Brianna’s transgender identity

The Independent UK

‘It’s like a nightmare’: Desperate 999 call by dog walker who found Brianna Ghey after park stabbing

Girl and boy, both now aged 16, on trial for murder of the 16-year-old in park near Warrington in February

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The Independent UK

Plan to kill transgender Brianna Ghey found in accused’s bedroom, court told

Two defendants – girl X and boy Y – deny murdering the 16-year-old near Warrington in February.

The Independent UK

Brianna Ghey: Handwritten note ‘detailing plan to kill teenager found in bedroom’

Two teenagers, referred to as girl X and boy Y, are charged with murdering 16-year-old transgender girl stabbed in Culcheth Linear Park, near Warrington, Cheshire

The Guardian - UK

Teenager wrote plan for how to kill schoolgirl Brianna Ghey, court hears

Both defendants accept they were with the teenager when she was killed but blame each other for murder, court told

Evening Standard

Two accused of trans teen Brianna Ghey's murder pre-occupied with death, jury told

Trans 16-year-old Brianna Ghey was stabbed 28 times, Manchester Crown Court heard

The Independent UK

Two accused of transgender teenager’s murder pre-occupied with death, jury told

Trans teenager Brianna Ghey, 16, was stabbed 28 times, Manchester Crown Court heard.

The Independent UK

Trans teenager Brianna Ghey was stabbed 28 times, murder trial hears

Murder trial begins after 16-year-old found stabbed to death in park near Warrington in February

Evening Standard

Woman, 39, convicted of assisting female genital mutilation on three-year-old British girl

This is the very first conviction of its kind in the UK

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