Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, were murdered by Axel Rudakubana last summer.

Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, will stand trial charged with the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed ...

The 18-year-old pleaded guilty to all 16 offences he faced on the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday.

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

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.

Here is a timeline of what was known when about Southport killer Axel Rudakubana: Axel Rudakubana becomes known to a range of ...

Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana used a knife that he bought from Amazon when he was still 17 to kill three girls at a ...

Axel Rudakubana has been handed a 52 year sentence for the murder of three young girls at a dance class in Southport last summer. | ITV News Granada ...

The Southport killer said 'I’m glad they’re dead' as he was held in a custody suite after killing three girls at a dance ...

Rudakubana cowardly refused to come into the dock at Liverpool Crown Court when he was being sentenced by the judge ...

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Southport stabbings suspect Axel Rudakubana, 18, appearing on the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court, where he pleaded guilty to murdering ...