Southport teen, Axel Rudakubana, today, Jan. 20, admitted murd£r, possessing an Al Qaeda terror manual and making the biological weapon Rici...
Southport teen, Axel Rudakubana, today, Jan. 20, admitted murd£r, possessing an Al Qaeda terror manual and making the biological weapon Ricin.
The teenager has pleaded guilty to k!lling three primary schoolgirls and attempting to murd£r 10 other people at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last summer.
The 18-year-old, who wore a facemask and refused to stand in the dock, changed his pleas from not guilty to guilty in a U-turn as his four-week trial at Liverpool Crown Court was about to start.
Rudakubana took their lives after he stormed a Taylor Swift-themed dance class at The Hart Space in Southport armed with a knife shortly before midday on July 29, 2024.
He also admitted the attempted murd£r of eight other children, who can't be named for legal reasons, and the class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.
Axel, the son of a refugee from Rwanda, who was born in the UK, also pleaded guilty to possession of a knife on the day of the attack, production of a biological toxin - ricin - on or before July 29, and possession of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism.
But his shock guilty pleas denied the families of the children he murd£red - and the others he tried to k!ll - the chance to be in the room at Liverpool Crown Court to hear him admit his guilt.
Today's hearing was expected to deal with legal matters before the start of a four to six-week trial opening in front of a jury tomorrow. But it lasted little more than 15 minutes when his barrister suddenly. He will be sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 23.
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