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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Reform UK MPs call for ‘national debate’ on the death penalty after Southport killer sentenced

MPs in Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party have called for a debate on the death penalty after a killer who murdered three girls at a children’s dance class was sentenced.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was given life with a minimum of 52 years in prison for the horrific attack which was described as a “pre-meditated attempt to commit indiscriminate mass murder”.

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