Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana, 18, has been jailed for a minimum of 52 yearss.
The judgeMr Justice Goose said the sentences for Rudakubana’s offences will run concurrently – not consecutively – meaning they will be served at the same time.
But he will still be in jail for a minimum of 52 years.
He says it is highly unlikely Rudakubana will ever be released.
The judge clarified that had he been 18, he would have been compelled to pass a sentence of life imprisonment without a minimum term.
The law does not permit that for under 18s however.
The murderer killed three young girls in Southport and wounded several other children and adults.
Axel Rudakubana, aged 18, from Banks in Lancashire pleaded guilty
to all 16 counts he was charged with on Monday (20th January 2025) .
Rudakubana pleaded guilty to three charges of murder; 10 charges of attempted murder and one charge of possession of a knife – all relating to the incident at a Taylor Swift themed dance and yoga class at The Hart Space on Hart Street, Southport on 29th July 2024.
He was additionally charged on 29th October with production of a biological toxin, namely ricin, contrary to Section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974; and possessing information, namely a pdf file entitled “Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants: The Al-Qaeda Training Manual” of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, contrary to Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
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