Sentencing of Axel Rudakubana, who was known to authorities and had a growing interest in extreme violence, under way at Liverpool Crown Court

Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murder of three girls and having an al-Qaeda manual

Rudakubana, who was 17 at the time of the attack, entered an unexpected guilty plea for the murders of three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana, 18, was taken to hospital in the early hours of today for medical attention but is now due to attend court to be sentenced, sources said. The exact nature of the apparent incident has not yet been made clear.

Southport victims’ families react after killer Axel Rudakubana jailed A parent of a Southport stabbing victim last night called for Axel Rudakubana to “rot in jail” after he is sentenced today. He urged the judge to show the remorseless killer no mercy when he hands him a life term for his sickening murders of three children.

Child-killer Axel Rudakubana is set to find out the number of years he will spend behind bars after admitting the murders of three girls at a dance class in Southport. The 18-year-old, of banks, Lancashire,

A man who confronted Axel Rudakubana moments before the Southport attack still wonders if he could have stopped the killer before the teen unleashed "unspeakable" horror. The Southport attacker- who used a 20cm Cerbera kitchen knife to attack 11 children and two adults- initially took a wrong turn and went down the driveway of Colin Parry's car repair workshop by mistake on that awful day.