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23 Jan 2025

Southport sentencing: attacker jailed for at least 52 years

North of England Correspondent

Axel Rudakubana was detained for life with a minimum term of 52 years, but the judge said it is likely he will never be released.

Alice da Silva Aguiar, who was nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in his attack.

Rudakubana also attempted to murder eight other children and two adults.

The Prime Minister this evening described the attack as “one of the most harrowing moments in our country’s history”.