Southport killer Axel Rudakubana refused to leave his cell as a judge today corrected his sentence for the murders of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Da Silva Aguiar. Aged 17, Rudakubana ordered a taxi to the Hart Space in Southport on July 29, 2024, and stabbed the three little girls who were attending a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

A British judge sentenced a teenager who murdered three young girls to minimum of 52 years in prison on Thursday, after the killer was removed from the dock for interrupting his sentencing.

Axel Rudakubana was expected to be sentenced to life in prison at Liverpool Crown Court for the murders of three young girls and attempted murders of eight other children in Southport in July.

Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering three girls, 10 attempted murders, producing ricin, possessing terrorist material, and possessing a knife.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has refused to leave his cell for a court hearing which made a correction to his life sentence.

A British court sentenced teen Axel Rudakubana to a record 52 years in prison, minus time served, for murdering three young girls in a frenzied stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July.