A British teenager who murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was obsessed with violence and genocide, prosecutors said on Thursday after the killer was removed for repeatedly interrupting his sentencing.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, will probably never be released, a judge ruled as he condemned the “extreme violence” of his knife attack on a dance class last year.

A British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday after an attack so violent prosecutors said it appeared he had tried to decapitate one of the victims.

Axel Rudakubana, then 17, unleashed an attack on 30 July during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class – in the chaotic hours following the incident, misinformation began spreading online

The 18-year-old is being sentenced today for murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed summer holiday dance class last July.

SOUTHPORT terrorist Axel Rudakubana has been jailed at least 52 YEARS after he murdered three girls then chillingly told police “I’m glad they’re dead”. The 18-year-old

HE took our daughter, her life, her future, and everything she could have been. “There is no greater loss and no greater pain. His actions have left us with a lifetime of grief and it is only

In her opening of the case, Ms Heer told the court: "On October 4, 2019, he contacted Childline and asked, 'What should I do if I want to kill somebody?'. In the days that followed, he explained that he hated someone at school who bullied him.

Here is a timeline of what was known when about Southport killer Axel Rudakubana: Axel Rudakubana becomes known to a range of local agencies due to anxiety, social isolation and challenging behaviour. In October he takes a knife to school, and in December attacks another child with a hockey stick.

After a teenager admitted murdering three girls at a dance class, Keir Starmer said people were being radicalized into violence for its own sake and terrorism laws might need to change.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government must also answer “tough questions” about how authorities failed to stop a violence-obsessed teenager before he stabbed three young girls to death in the seaside town of Southport in July.

The home secretary said the "cumulative significance" of Rudakubana's three repeat referrals was "not properly considered" by Prevent, while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said it was "clearly wrong" he was not deemed to meet the programme's threshold for intervention.