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1:28Now PlayingNot guilty pleas have been entered on behalf of Southport stabbings suspect Axel Rudakubana after he refused to speak in court.
The 18-year-old appeared at Liverpool Crown Court by video-link from Belmarsh prison, wearing a grey tracksuit.
He didn't answer when asked to confirm his name and sat fiddling with his hands as a prison officer confirmed he could hear the court.
Rudakubana refused to reply when the clerk read out the indictment and the judge Mr Justice Goose directed not guilty pleas should be entered on all 16 counts.
He is charged with three counts of murder, 10 of attempted murder and possession of a kitchen knife over the attack in the Merseyside town on 29 July.
Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar were killed, while eight other children, aged between seven and 13, were injured, along with yoga instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.
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