The 18-year-old’s disruptions meant he was not in court as the judge handed him one of the longest minimum terms on record.

The 18-year-old pleaded guilty to all 16 offences he faced on the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday.

Axel Rudakubana has been handed a 52 year sentence for the murder of three young girls at a dance class in Southport last summer. | ITV News Granada ...

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Southport stabbings suspect Axel Rudakubana, 18 (Elizabeth Cook/PA) A warning about commenting on the trial of a teenager accused of a knife attack at a ...

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in the attack in July last year.

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.

A violence-obsessed teenager who murdered three girls at a dance class in Southport tried to take ... he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court (Elizabeth Cook/PA) He had been due to stand trial ...

Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana is likely to die in jail after being detained for life with a minimum term of 52 years for the “sadistic” murders of three girls. The 18-year-old was sentenced ...

open image in gallery Court artist sketch of Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana, 18, appearing via video link during a preparatory hearing at Liverpool Crown Court (Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire ...

The Southport attack could not be blamed on ... in Liverpool Crown Court on the first day of his trial Credit: Elizabeth Cook/PA On what was supposed to be the first day of his trial at Liverpool ...

Pic: Elizabeth Cook/PA Rudakubana pleaded guilty to stabbing ... He was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents before moving near Southport in 2013. Mr Justice Goose said Rudakubana will be sentenced ...