Axel Rudakubana, 18, will probably never be released, a judge ruled as he condemned the “extreme violence” of his knife attack on a dance class last year.

The parents of girls murdered by Axel Rudakubana have told Liverpool Crown Court of their "pain and fear" as they describe the impact the murders have had on their lives, as the killer is sentenced. The 18-year-old stabbed Alice da Silva Aguiar,

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.

The police officer in charge of the investigation into the Southport attack says there is no evidence that Axel Rudakubana follows an ideology.

A British teenager who murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, for an atrocity prosecutors said was so violent it appeared he had tried to decapitate one of the victims.

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, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 52 years for carrying out the horrific attack which was described as a “pre-meditated attempt to commit indiscriminate mass murder”.

Merciless killer Axel Rudakubana butchered three children to death and seriously hurt eight others - but even at the end, Southport killer didn't give the parents peace. The murderer, who was just 17 when he carried out the slaughter last year, had been removed from the courtroom before his sentence was passed today.

After a teenager admitted murdering three girls at a dance class, Keir Starmer said people were being radicalized into violence for its own sake and terrorism laws might need to change.

In the wake of today’s sentencing, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called for law changes so that people under 18 can be sentenced to whole-life sentences for the most serious crimes. She also called on the Prime Minister to ensure that those who come to Britain share, what she described, as “our values”.

Southport first responders have helped nearly 100 families in four years through their local nonprofit organization.

Delivery service says driver saw recipient was over 25, but will investigate how Axel Rudakubana circumvented its age verification process