Southport murderer bought weapons and ricin-making equipment two years before attack Axel Rudakubana bought items on Amazon to make lethal poison three years after he came to attention of authorities The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025
Horror inside summer holiday dance class Axel Rudakubana armed himself with a large kitchen knife before heading to the Taylor Swift themed even for children. Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025
What we know about the Southport public inquiry so far A public inquiry into Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana has been announced by the Home Secretary. Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025
Home Secretary announces inquiry into how Rudakubana ‘came to be so dangerous’ The 18-year-old killer will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday. Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025
Southport killer spoke in court for first time to enter guilty pleas The 18-year-old had not put forward a defence case statement and lawyers were not planning to advance a positive case on his behalf at trial. Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025
How Southport’s community came together in wake of dance class triple murder Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died following the attack at the Taylor Swift-themed class. Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025
Axel Rudakubana attempted to travel to former school a week before attack It can now be reported that teachers had concerns about his behaviour. Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025
Southport killer ‘tried to take a taxi to school that expelled him’ week before dance class atrocity Axel Rudakubana’s father stopped the teen from travelling to the school that kicked him out, it is understood The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025
Who are the victims of Axel Rudakubana’s attack? Three girls were killed at a Taylor Swift-themed class last year. Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025
Axel Rudakubana ordered taxi to school he was expelled from a week before attack Rudakubana was excluded from Range High School in Formby in around 2019. Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025
Southport stabbing: Everything we know about attack as Axel Rudakubana handed sentence Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to all charges at Liverpool Crown Court The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025
Axel Rudakubana: How a violence-obsessed teen unleashed horror at Southport children’s dance class The frenzied attack was described as like a scene from a disaster film when he targeted the girls while a teacher and a grandfather nearby bravely tried to defend the class The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025
‘It’s not what Southport is’: how a deadly attack changed a town … and a country Ripples from Axel Rudakubana’s killing of three girls spread wide and deep, from the personal to the political The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025
Axel Rudakubana made enough ricin to ‘kill 12,000 people’ as Met chief says attack wasn’t terrorism - latest Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley said the Southport attack which claimed the lives of three young girls was ‘not an act of terrorism’ The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025
The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025 Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana showed violent behaviour in school He was excluded from his secondary school for an incident involving a hockey stick, the PA news agency understands.
Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025 Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana, 18, admits murdering three girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class Axel Rudakubana, 18, stabbed to death Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29
The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025 Southport stabbing attacker pleads guilty to murdering three girls at Taylor Swift-themed holiday class Axel Rudakubana, 18, also pleaded guilty to 10 counts of attempted murder following the attack in summer last year
Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025 Yvette Cooper appeals for legal process to be allowed to 'take its course' ahead of Southport murder trial Axel Rudakubana, 18, stands trial for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven
The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025 Yvette Cooper pleads for respect ahead of ‘deeply traumatic and distressing’ Southport trial Home secretary urges public to let legal process take its course as ‘deeply traumatic’ case gets underway
The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025 Whole country thinking of Southport families as trial begins – Home Secretary Axel Rudakubana, 18, is due to go on trial accused of three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.
Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2024 One in six arrested over Southport riots were children, data shows More than 1,200 arrests were made in connection with the Southport riots, freedom of information requests have shown.
Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2024 Not guilty pleas entered after teen accused of Southport attack does not speak Axel Rudakubana failed to reply when he was asked to enter pleas to the 16 charges he faces.
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2024 Southport suspect Axel Rudakubana pleads not guilty to murdering girls in dance class stabbing The pleas to multiple charges were entered by the court on Axel Rudakubana’s behalf after he didn’t respond
The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2024 Teacher of Southport dance class where three girls killed says she ‘lost faith in the world’ after attack Leanne Lucas speaks pubicly for the first time since Bebe King, six, Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in knife attack
Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2024 Teacher who survived Southport attack says girls’ memories are ‘a driving force’ Leanne Lucas spoke publicly for the first time since the killings during a candlelit vigil in Merseyside.