Why did a judge name Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why did a judge name Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Axel Rudakubana, 17, was named in court However misinformation spread like wildfire on social media as anger grew over the incident, sparking far-right riots in Southport, London and Hartlepool. open image in gallery Elsie Dot Stancombe, Bebe King and Alice Dasilva Aguiar were killed in the incident Eight more children were injured, including five left fighting for their lives in hospital. open image in gallery Court artist drawing by Elizabeth Cook of 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana at Liverpool Crown Court However a senior judge on Thursday ruled the suspect could be named as Axel Rudakubana after hearing he is due to turn 18 in just six days. “Allowing full reporting will undoubtedly remove some of the misreporting as to the identity of the defendant.” He added: “Whilst I accept it is exceptional given his age, principally because he is 18 in six days’ time I do not make an order under section 45.” The judge said he had to balance the risk to the defendant’s family and him while in custody, with the public interest in accurately reporting his identity to quell misinformation fuelling disorder.

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FBI joins Southport investigation amid reports killer wiped search history
1 month, 1 week ago

FBI joins Southport investigation amid reports killer wiped search history

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Sentence of UK teenager who killed three girls in Southport will not be reviewed
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Sentence of UK teenager who killed three girls in Southport will not be reviewed

Hindustan Times  

LONDON, - The attorney-general for England and Wales, Richard Hermer, has rejected calls to request a court review of the length of a jail sentence imposed on the British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event last summer. Sentence of UK teenager who killed three girls in Southport will not be reviewed Axel Rudakubana, 18, …

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s sentence not unduly lenient, attorney general says
1 month, 1 week ago

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s sentence not unduly lenient, attorney general says

The Independent  

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Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana's case was shut down THREE times by counter-terror officials - who couldn't even spell his name right, Home Office review finds
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana's case was shut down THREE times by counter-terror officials - who couldn't even spell his name right, Home Office review finds

Daily Mail  

Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana should have been considered a terror risk after he made threats to murder children and teachers but experts missed the warning signs, a damning review has found. Security minister Dan Jarvis said ‘there was sufficient risk for the perpetrator to have been managed through Prevent’, adding: ‘There are serious questions about how various agencies failed …

Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana will be 'No1 target' behind bars as former prisoner warns 18-year-old could face being scalded with 'prison napalm'
2 months ago

Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana will be 'No1 target' behind bars as former prisoner warns 18-year-old could face being scalded with 'prison napalm'

Daily Mail  

Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana will be targeted all his life behind bars, like infamous child-killer Ian Huntley, a former prisoner has warned. ‘Even small-time prisoners will try to attack him as that will mean they will get more drugs as rewards from other inmates.’ Killeen, who was given a five-year jail term for a violent machete attack, said Rudakubana will …

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana begins life sentence in Britain's toughest jail Belmarsh - home to some of nation's most infamous inmates and where prisoners will be queuing up to attack him
2 months ago

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana begins life sentence in Britain's toughest jail Belmarsh - home to some of nation's most infamous inmates and where prisoners will be queuing up to attack him

Daily Mail  

Murderer Axel Rudakubana has begun a sentence stretching more than half a century inside one of Britain's toughest prisons, where he will rub shoulders with the nation's most infamous inmates - and, say insiders, he will never stop being a target for others wanting to attack him for his heinous crimes. Axel Rudakubana, 18, has been jailed for a minimum …

It could take YEARS for police to uncover Axel Rudakubana's internet history before Southport massacre
2 months ago

It could take YEARS for police to uncover Axel Rudakubana's internet history before Southport massacre

Daily Mail  

It could take 'years' for police to find out what Southport 'monster' Axel Rudakubana looked at online in the run-up to the dance studio attack, it emerged today. Police say it could take years to uncover Axel Rudakubana's internet history because his murderous attack in Southport was not considered a terrorist incident Merseyside Police's Detective Chief Inspector Jason Pye said …

Watch: Sentencing of Southport killer Axel Rudakubana for murdering three girls at Taylor Swift dance class
2 months ago

Watch: Sentencing of Southport killer Axel Rudakubana for murdering three girls at Taylor Swift dance class

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Watch as Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was sentenced on Thursday for murdering three young …

UK: Axel Rudakubana sentenced to 52 years in jail for murdering 3 little girls in Taylor Swift dance class at Southport
2 months ago

UK: Axel Rudakubana sentenced to 52 years in jail for murdering 3 little girls in Taylor Swift dance class at Southport

Op India  

A teenager who murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, United Kingdom, last year has been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison, Al Jazeera reported. Rudakubana, 17 at the time of the attack, killed three young girls–Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine–at a dance class in …

Axel Rudakubana: Inside the courtroom where grieving families refused to be overcome by killer’s antics
2 months ago

Axel Rudakubana: Inside the courtroom where grieving families refused to be overcome by killer’s antics

The Independent  

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

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

The Independent  

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Southport killer Axel Rudakubana 52-year jail term to be reviewed as families share pain and anger
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2 months ago

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana 52-year jail term to be reviewed as families share pain and anger

The Independent  

✕ Close Axel Rudakubana was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 52 years For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, …

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

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

The Independent  

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

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

The Independent  

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How misinformation about the Southport murders sparked violent race riots across the country
2 months ago

How misinformation about the Southport murders sparked violent race riots across the country

The Independent  

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Southport stabbing: Everything we know about attack as Axel Rudakubana handed sentenced
2 months ago

Southport stabbing: Everything we know about attack as Axel Rudakubana handed sentenced

The Independent  

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Axel Rudakubana: How violence-obsessed teen unleashed horror at Southport children’s dance class
2 months ago

Axel Rudakubana: How violence-obsessed teen unleashed horror at Southport children’s dance class

The Independent  

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Southport killer Axel Rudakubana gloated he was ‘glad they’re dead’ after murdering three children
2 months ago

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

The Independent  

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The missed chances to stop Southport killer Axel Rudakubana
2 months ago

The missed chances to stop Southport killer Axel Rudakubana

The Independent  

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

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

The Independent  

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

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

The Independent  

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Southport killer sentencing: Axel Rudakubana faces life in jail for murdering three girls at Taylor Swift dance class
2 months ago

Southport killer sentencing: Axel Rudakubana faces life in jail for murdering three girls at Taylor Swift dance class

Daily Mail  

Sadistic Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana is today due to receive a life sentence for the killings of three girls and attempts to murder 10 more people. Axel Rudakubana, pictured, will today find out how many years he will be behind bars Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, was one of the three children killed in the knife attack in Southport Bebe …

Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to murdering three girls at Taylor Swift-themed holiday class
2 months, 1 week ago

Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to murdering three girls at Taylor Swift-themed holiday class

The Independent  

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How Axel Rudakubana was 'planning UK's first high school massacre' but was stopped by his dad a week before he murdered three girls in Southport rampage - as he admits murder, a terror offence and mak
2 months, 1 week ago

How Axel Rudakubana was 'planning UK's first high school massacre' but was stopped by his dad a week before he murdered three girls in Southport rampage - as he admits murder, a terror offence and mak

Daily Mail  

Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana is feared to have been planning Britain's first high school massacre a week before the knife rampage - but was talked out of going to the building by his father, it can be revealed. Merseyside Police today issued this mugshot of Axel Rudakubana, 18, of Banks, Lancashire, after he pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to …

Southport suspect Axel Rudakubana pleads not guilty to murdering girls in dance class stabbing
3 months, 1 week ago

Southport suspect Axel Rudakubana pleads not guilty to murdering girls in dance class stabbing

The Independent  

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‘Not guilty’ pleas entered for suspect over murders in UK’s Southport
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3 months, 1 week ago

‘Not guilty’ pleas entered for suspect over murders in UK’s Southport

Al Jazeera  

Axel Rudakubana, 18, did not speak when asked at Liverpool Crown Court if he was guilty of killing Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King, 6. The report by the emergency services watchdog into the police response found intelligence “gaps” and failures to understand and curb misinformation spreading on social media, as well as operational errors. …

Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana appears in court accused of murdering three children and terror charge
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana appears in court accused of murdering three children and terror charge

The Independent  

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Southport 'killer' refuses to speak and covers his face as he appears in court: Teenager, 18, is charged with murdering three children, attempting to murder 10 others, having Al-Qaeda material and mak
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Southport 'killer' refuses to speak and covers his face as he appears in court: Teenager, 18, is charged with murdering three children, attempting to murder 10 others, having Al-Qaeda material and mak

Daily Mail  

Southport murder suspect Axel Rudakubana is to face a single trial over the stabbings and more recent charges relating to the alleged discovery of ricin and an Al Qaeda manual at his home, a court ruled today. Rudakubana, accused of murdering schoolgirls Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class …

Prosecutors held off on charging Southport murder suspect Axel Rudakubana with terror offences for up to two weeks over fears it could incite rioting
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Prosecutors held off on charging Southport murder suspect Axel Rudakubana with terror offences for up to two weeks over fears it could incite rioting

Daily Mail  

Prosecutors delayed charging Southport murder suspect Axel Rudakubana for up to fortnight due to fears it may spark riots, it emerged tonight. The 18-year-old accused of murdering three girls during a knife rampage in July was due to be charged with making the highly toxic poison ricin and possessing a study of an al-Qaeda training manual on October 18, but …

Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana appears in court accused of terror offence and making ricin
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana appears in court accused of terror offence and making ricin

The Independent  

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Southport stabbing suspect charged with terror offence and making ricin
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Southport stabbing suspect charged with terror offence and making ricin

The Independent  

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Southport 'killer' Axel Rudakubana is charged with terror offence and producing ricin: Stabbing suspect is accused of making deadly poison ricin and having study of Al-Qaeda manual
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Southport 'killer' Axel Rudakubana is charged with terror offence and producing ricin: Stabbing suspect is accused of making deadly poison ricin and having study of Al-Qaeda manual

Daily Mail  

The suspect in the Southport murders was today charged with making the deadly poison ricin. Axel Rudakubana, 18, has also been charged with having a study of a terrorist manual after one was found at his home, police said. Today Serena Kennedy, the Chief Constable of Merseyside police, said the Crown Prosecution Service had authorised them to charge Rudakubana with …

Inside shady fake news website accused of fuelling riots by falsely claiming Southport suspect was an asylum seeker
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside shady fake news website accused of fuelling riots by falsely claiming Southport suspect was an asylum seeker

Daily Mail  

A Pakistani father, an amateur Canadian hockey player and a man named Kevin from Texas have been identified as some of the figures involved in a shadowy fake news website that fuelled lies about the Southport stabbings. There is no suggestion he had anything to do with the Southport story FAKE NEWS: A screengrab of the story as it was …

Axel Rudakubana: Boy accused of Southport murders ‘starred in Doctor Who-themed BBC Children In Need advert’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Axel Rudakubana: Boy accused of Southport murders ‘starred in Doctor Who-themed BBC Children In Need advert’

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Identity of Southport stabbing suspect revealed as he appears in court accused of murdering three girls
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Identity of Southport stabbing suspect revealed as he appears in court accused of murdering three girls

The Independent  

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Judge reveals he decided to name Southport 'stabber' Axel Rudakubana in bid to stop fresh wave of 'idiotic rioting' - as knife suspect appears in court accused of murdering three little girls at Taylo
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge reveals he decided to name Southport 'stabber' Axel Rudakubana in bid to stop fresh wave of 'idiotic rioting' - as knife suspect appears in court accused of murdering three little girls at Taylo

Daily Mail  

A judge has revealed he decided to name the Southport stabbing suspect in a bid to stop a fresh wave of 'idiotic rioting'. Rudakubana is charged with murdering three little girls and harming 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport with a 'curved kitchen knife' Judge Andrew Menary condemned the 'idiotic rioting' which has broken out since …

Teenager charged with Southport murders named as he appears in court
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Teenager charged with Southport murders named as he appears in court

The Independent  

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Southport stabbing suspect, 17, is named for the first time as he appears in court charged with murdering three little girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class and harming 10 others with a 'curved kit
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Southport stabbing suspect, 17, is named for the first time as he appears in court charged with murdering three little girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class and harming 10 others with a 'curved kit

Daily Mail  

A teenager charged with murdering three children and harming 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport has been named as Axel Rudakubana. Pictured for the first time: Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana, now 17, pictured as a child, is charged with murdering three little girls and harming 10 others Rudakubana is charged with murdering three little girls …

All we know about Southport stabbing suspect and why he has not been named
7 months, 3 weeks ago

All we know about Southport stabbing suspect and why he has not been named

The Independent  

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British prime minister announces police unit to deal with violent clashes after fatal stabbings
7 months, 3 weeks ago

British prime minister announces police unit to deal with violent clashes after fatal stabbings

LA Times  

A police car burns as officers are deployed on the streets of Hartlepool, England, following a violent protest in the wake of the killing of three girls who were fatally stabbed in northwest England, Wednesday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday that he will create the ability for police forces to work across the U.K. to crack down on violent …

Teenage Southport murder suspect named after three children killed
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Teenage Southport murder suspect named after three children killed

ABC  

The teenager suspected to have killed three children in the English town of Southport has been named. Protesters also gathered near the UK prime minister's residence in London, chanting "we want our country back" and hurling beer cans and bottles. More than 100 people were arrested for offences including violent disorder and assault on an emergency worker, London's Metropolitan Police …

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