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

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 all 16 counts he was charged with A court artist's sketch of Axel Rudakubana appearing at Liverpool Crown Court this morning Police officers at Rudakubana's home on Old School Close in Banks, Lancashire, last August Rudakubana may have chosen to target Range High School, in Formby, Merseyside, because he had been a former pupil but left after a series of disturbing incidents several years earlier Southport stabbings, summer riots and court apperarances timeline 2002 : Rudakubana's father Alphonse moves to the UK from Rwanda, according to an interview he gave to his local newspaper in Southport in 2015. : Rudakubana's father Alphonse moves to the UK from Rwanda, according to an interview he gave to his local newspaper in Southport in 2015. Listen to The Trial on Apple, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts now Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, was one of the three children killed in the knife attack in Southport Bebe King, six, was also killed in the knife attack at The Hart Space in Southport last July Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, was among the three little girls killed in the attack in Southport It is understood Rudakubana attended two specialists schools, The Acorns School in Lancashire and Presfield High School & Specialist College in Southport, and teachers were concerned about his behaviour. A prison van believed to contain Axel Rudakubana arriving at Liverpool Crown Court today A heavy police presence outside Liverpool Crown Court for Rudakubana's appearance today At all of his court appearances, Rudakubana held his sweatshirt over his face and refused to speak. Police officers stand outside Liverpool Crown Court today ahead of Rudakubana appearing Police officers scuffle with people attending a protest in London's Whitehall on July 31, 2024 A car burns after being overturned during a protest in Middlesbrough on August 4, 2024 Police in front of protesters in Nottingham on August 3,2024 after the Southport killings People take part in a vigil near to the scene on Hart Street in Southport on July 30, 2024 When Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visited to pay his respects the day after the stabbing, there were hostile shouts of: 'How many more Starmer?