Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in the attack in July last year.

Inside the courtroom where Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was jailed for 52 years - Rudakubana, 18, was not in court as his victim’s spoke of their anguish after he started shouting from the dock

A British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, for an attack Prime Minister Keir Starmer called one of the most harrowing moments in Britain's history.

Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana is likely to die in jail after being detained for life with a minimum term of 52 years for the “sadistic” murders of three girls. The 18-year-old was sentenced in his absence at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday after indicating he would be “disruptive” if he was present in the courtroom.

In 12 years as a journalist, I’ve never sat through such a harrowing court hearing. It was impossible not to be moved to tears hearing the horrific injuries suffered by children as young as six

Axel Rudakubana, 18, has been detained at Liverpool Crown Court for life with a minimum term of 52 years for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and the attempted murder of eight other children in Southport.

THIS is the chilling moment Southport terrorist Axel Rudakubana storms a Taylor Swift dance class to carry out his murderous rampage. The 18-year-old was today jailed for at least 52 years for

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to 52 years in jail for the murder of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.

The 18-year-old’s disruptions meant he was not in court as the judge handed him one of the longest minimum terms on record.

A protester interrupted a Sky News report this afternoon, outside Liverpool Crown Court. The news channel was reporting on the sentencing of Southport killer Axel Rudakubana when a man with a sign cut in, interrupting presenting from Sarah-Jane Mee.

Sky News presenter Sarah-Jane Mee twice broke down in tears on camera while reporting on the Axel Rudakubana sentencing outside Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday

The 18-year-old appeared in Liverpool Crown Court for the opening day of his murder trial where he pleaded guilty to all charges relating to the mass-stabbing in Southport last year. Council ...