Will Axel Rudakubana receive a life sentence for the Southport murders by January 23, 2025?
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Teenager Axel Rudakubana Admits to Southport Murders at Taylor Swift Dance Class
Jan 20, 2025, 11:38 AM
On the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court, 18-year-old British teenager, Axel Rudakubana, pleaded guilty to the murders of three young girls during a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last July. The victims were six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar. Ten others were wounded in the attack. Rudakubana also admitted to ten counts of attempted murder, producing the deadly toxin ricin, and possession of an Al-Qaeda manual. He is due to be sentenced on Thursday.
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