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Robert Dex

Teenager accused of Southport murders played Doctor Who in Children in Need advert

The BBC removed a 2018 Children in Need advert from its website after it emerged it featured the teenage Southport stabbing suspect.The 17-year-old accused of murdering three young girls appeared as Doctor Who in an advert for the charity appeal.

The footage showed the then 11-year-old Axel Rudakubana emerging from the Tardis dressed as David Tennant’s version of the timelord to ask the nation to help raise money for good causes.

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