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August Graham

Fact check: Southport trial scheduled by judge long before US election result

Court artist sketch of Southport stabbings suspect Axel Rudakubana on the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court (Elizabeth Cook/PA) - (PA Wire)

A former chairman of the Conservative Party has claimed that the beginning of Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana’s trial was scheduled on the same day as Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration as “a calculated and cynical move by the Labour Government to ‘bury bad news’ behind international headlines”.

The claim echoes other social media posts over recent months which make various claims about the timing of both events on the same day.

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