Axel Rudakubana, the Southport killer, has been jailed for at least 52 years for brutally attacking a dance class themed after Taylor Swift with a knife. The young man, now 18, was sentenced to life in prison and faces the possibility of parole only if the Parole Board determines he no longer poses a risk to the public. The 12-minute rampage resulted in the deaths of three young girls and left eight people injured, including the attempted murder of eight children and two adults who had tried to intervene. Many of the victims were stabbed dozens of times, with such force that their bones were broken.
Rudakubana caused chaos as he chased after girls in terror after launching the brutal attack. Among the crowd of 26 girls, aged between six and 13 years, Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King, and Elsie Dot Stancombe suffered injuries that proved fatal. The brutal attack was later discovered to be “sadistic,” according to Deanna Heer KC, the prosecutor, who said the teenager boasted about his a
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