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CPS: Southport killer had 'sickening and sustained interest in violence'

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January 20, 2025

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The teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party had a "sickening and sustained interest in violence", the Crown Prosecution Service had said.

Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven died in the attack on 29 July last year.

The 18-year-old also pleaded guilty to 10 charges of attempted murder relating to the attack, producing the poison ricin and possessing an al Qaeda training manual.

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