Friday, January 24, 2025 - A British teenager who murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, January 23, for an atrocity prosecutors said was so violent it appeared he had tried to decapitate one of the victims.
On Monday, Axel Rudakubana, 18, admitted carrying out the killings last
July in the northern English town of Southport.
The judge said Rudakubana will likely spend the rest of his life in jail for the murders of Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, who were among 26 children attending the summer vacation event.
He also pleaded guilty to 10 charges of attempted murder, as well as to
producing the deadly poison ricin and possessing an al Qaeda training manual.
Two of his victims suffered “horrific injuries which … are difficult to explain
as anything other than sadistic in nature,”
Case prosecutor Deanna Heer told Liverpool Crown Court. Judge Julian
Goose described Rudakubana’s actions as “evil,” saying:
“I am sure that Rudakubana had a settled and determined intention to
carry out these offences and that, had he been able to, he would have killed
each and every child, all 26 of them, as well as any adults who got in his
way.”
The judge sentenced Rudakubana in his absence after he refused to
return to court, having twice been removed for interrupting the hearing.
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