Rudakubana was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years – one of the highest minimum terms on record – for murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on July 29 last year.

Evil Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was referred to the Prevent counter-terrorism programme three times, but his case was not referred upwards

Rudakubana was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years – one of the highest minimum terms on record – for murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on July 29 last year.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was not considered a terror threat despite describing the Manchester Arena bombing as a "good thing" and "talking about stabbing people", a shocking report has revealed.

The 18-year-old was sentenced to life with a minimum of 52 years after carrying out a vicious knife attack against little girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's anti-terror case should have been kept open, a review into his attacks has found.

Axel Rudakubana was expected to be sentenced to life in prison at Liverpool Crown Court for the murders of three young girls and attempted murders of eight other children in Southport in July.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has refused to leave his cell for a court hearing which made a correction to his life sentence.

The teenager was handed a minimum of 52 years behind bars for stabbing Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar to death

A British court sentenced teen Axel Rudakubana to a record 52 years in prison, minus time served, for murdering three young girls in a frenzied stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July.