Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, were murdered by Axel Rudakubana last summer.

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.

Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana used a knife that he bought from Amazon when he was still 17 to kill three girls at a ...

The 18-year-old pleaded guilty to all 16 offences he faced on the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday.

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

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A teenager has been handed one of the longest jail terms in UK history for the “sadistic” and ...

Elizabeth Cook/PA Rudakubana was stopped from travelling to his former school by his father the week before he carried out the Southport attack. On 22 July, Rudakubana booked a taxi from his home ...

Southport attack was trigger for riots The ... each referral ‘should not have been closed’, Ms Cooper said (Elizabeth Cook/PA) PA Wire The court heard Rudakubana, who lives around five miles ...

Court artist sketch of Southport stabbings suspect Axel Rudakubana on the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court (Elizabeth Cook/PA) A former chairman of the Conservative Party has ...

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 ...

However, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has revealed that Southport killer Axel Rudakubana ... three young girls in a knife attack | Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire However, online knife sales have been ...

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Southport stabbings suspect Axel Rudakubana, 18, shouting from the dock as he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court, for his sentencing hearing after he pleaded ...