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.
DCI Jason Pye, who led the investigation, said no training course could have prepared his officers for the horror of what they saw.
Judge Mr Justice Goose ordered Axel Rudakubana to be removed from the dock shortly after the start of the sentencing hearing.
Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, will stand trial charged with the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed ...
Here is a timeline of what was known when about Southport killer Axel Rudakubana: Axel Rudakubana becomes known to a range of ...
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 ...
Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in the attack in July last year.
A former chairman of the Conservative Party has claimed that the beginning of Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana’s trial was ...