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 dance class in July.

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. | ITV News Granada

Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana used a knife that he bought from Amazon when he was still 17 to kill three girls at a dance class in July 2024.

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.

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

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 class, the court heard

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

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 three young girls in a knife attack (Elizabeth Cook/PA ...

Elizabeth Cook/PA Rudakubana was stopped from travelling to his former school by his father the week before he carried out the Southport attack. On 22 July, Rudakubana booked a taxi from his home ...

The Southport attack could not be blamed on ... in Liverpool Crown Court on the first day of his trial Credit: Elizabeth Cook/PA On what was supposed to be the first day of his trial at Liverpool ...

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced to over 50 years in prison for killing three young girls and wounding 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, England last summer. Police’s raid at his house has revealed his ‘longstanding obsession with violence,