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Warning signs missed: Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s parents asked police four times for help with teen

Police were repeatedly called and teachers raised fears over teen researching terror attack on school computer in a string of missed opportunities to halt killer

The Independent UK

Why wasn’t Southport killer Axel Rudakubana given a whole-life order?

Rudakubana, 18, murdered three girls aged between six and nine in a frenzied knife attack in Southport last year

The Independent UK

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

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‘The act of a coward’: families share pain and anger during Southport sentencing

Grieving parents and children address court, as Axel Rudakubana removed from dock after interrupting hearing

The Guardian - UK

Southport attack survivor says victims have ‘scars we cannot unsee’

Survivors of the July 29 attack spoke at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana dubbed 'evil' and 'coward' by victims in brave court statements

Victims stood up in court to reveal the impact of the Southport stabbings

Evening Standard

Grieving families label daughters’ killer ‘pure evil’ ahead of his sentencing

Axel Rudakubana is due to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday.

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‘Act of a coward’ – mother of Southport victim’s words for daughter’s killer

Jenny Stancombe’s victim impact statement was read to the court on Thursday.

Evening Standard

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 Axel Rudakubana gloated he was ‘glad they’re dead’ after murdering three children

The court heard Axel Rudakubana, 18, talked about the attack while in police custody

The Independent UK

Southport attacks: Axel Rudakubana jailed for minimum of 52 years for 'evil' knife massacre at children's dance class

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

Evening Standard

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana jailed for minimum of 52 years for murder of three girls at a dance class in 2024 – as it happened

Rudakubana, 18, sentenced to life for murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe and attempted murder of 10 others

The Guardian - UK

Child-killer Axel Rudakubana to be sentenced for dance class murders

The 18-year-old admitted all 16 offences he faced on the first day of his trial on Monday.

The Independent UK

Child-killer Axel Rudakubana to be sentenced for Southport murders

The 18-year-old killed three girls and attempted to murder another eight children at Taylor Swift-themed dance class

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UK Teen Faces Sentencing Over Murders That Sparked Riots

A UK judge is due on Thursday to sentence a teenager who brutally murdered three young girls in a stabbing spree last year that sparked the country's worst riots in over a decade.

The Independent UK

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana researched car bombs, detonators and nitric acid amid fixation with violence

Searches of Rudakubana’s home laid bare his disturbing obsession with violence, gore and massacres

Evening Standard

Review of terror law would be a mistake, experts warn PM after Southport murders

Sir Keir Starmer announced a review of terror laws to address ‘extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms’.

Evening Standard

Southport killer able to buy a blade on Amazon aged 17 despite conviction for violence

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says public bodies ‘completely failed to identify the terrible danger’ Axel Rudakubana posed

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Evening Standard

Rudakubana’s family ‘devastated’ and living in secret location, church says

Leaders of The Community Church said Axel Rudakubana’s father Alphonse had been a valued member of the congregation.

The Independent UK

Southport: Axel Rudakubana’s family ‘devastated’ and living in secret location

Leaders of The Community Church said Axel Rudakubana’s father Alphonse had been a valued member of the congregation.

Evening Standard

Inquiry should be free to seek answers without ‘ridiculous nonsense’ online – MP

Patrick Hurley warned that speculation by ‘public figures who should know better’ could have caused a trial over the Southport attack to collapse.

The Independent UK

Britain facing new terror threat from generation of ‘young men in their bedrooms’, Starmer warns

PM lays groundwork for an overhaul of terrorism laws to capture the new threat of ‘loners and misfits’ driven to acts of extreme violence by ‘all manner of material online’

The Independent UK

Man who confronted Axel Rudakubana moments before Southport attack had no idea of ‘unspeakable’ horror ahead

Exclusive: Colin Parry said ‘evil’ Axel Rudakubana ‘knew what he was here for’ as he relived encounter with killer

The Independent UK

Southport killer: What was known when?

Axel Rudakubana was known to agencies before carrying out the killings.

Evening Standard

Southport killer: what was known when?

Axel Rudakubana was known to agencies before carrying out the killings.

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