The then 17-year-old stabbed Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Da Silva Aguiar to death at a dance class last Summer

The Reform leader lashed out at Sir Keir Starmer and police, saying the public had been 'denied the truth' about Axel Rudakubana 's motives and background.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, is due to go on trial accused of three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.

The teenager spoke for the first time in court on Monday (January 20) when he changed his pleas to guilty

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died following the attack at the Taylor Swift-themed class.

The Prime Minister lashed out at the crimes committed by the 'vile and sick' teenager, who today pleaded guilty to slaughtering three young girls in Merseyside in July.

It can now be reported that teachers had concerns about his behaviour.

Keir Starmer said ‘Britain will rightly demand answers’ after it was revealed Axel Rudakubana had terror links

Axel Rudakubana admitted the murders of three young girls in Southport last July.

Axel Rudakubana was 17 years old when he murdered three girls and tried to kill several others in a rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July

Axel Rudakubana was 17 when he murdered three girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport - and he has now pled guilty to the crimes

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Reform UK leader claimed Reform UK had been blocked from asking questions about potential terror links to the attacks

Axel Rudakubana has refused to speak while in court, having even opted not to speak to his own solicitors while appearing at the stand in Liverpool Crown Court today

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana is due to be sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to murder of three children and trying to kill 10 other people

Axel Rudakubana’s father stopped the teen from travelling to the school that kicked him out, it is understood

Axel Rudakubana may have been planning a "school massacre" one week before carrying out the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event.

Elijah Marsh, from Southport, has been missing from home since the early hours of Monday morning (January 20)

Caroline McDonald said CID officers called at her home to say her cat, Jo-Jo, had entered Axel Rudakubana 's family home and back garden as they searched for the poison.

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live updates as Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.

Southport knife attacker Axel Rudakubana's father Alphonse ran out after his son and pleaded with a taxi driver not to take him on the journey from his home to Range High School in Merseyside.

Axel Rudakubana stabbed three little girls to death as he broke into a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last July. Locals reacted quickly to the terror, desperately trying to save the children

Merseyside Police have released chilling details surrounding the Southport knife attacker. They revealed the deadly items they discovered in Axel Rudakubana's home

An updated mugshot of 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana was released after he pleaded guilty to the murders of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

Up until now only court sketches have been released of the teenage child-killer

Rudakubana was excluded from Range High School in Formby in around 2019.

Police said the Southport killings were not acts of terrorism despite the teenager possessing the biological weapon and an al Qaida document.

Axel Rudakubana has pleaded guilty to all charges at Liverpool Crown Court

Axel Rudakubana , of Banks, Lancashire, was due to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court from today charged with 16 offences, including three counts of murder.

Rudakubana also pleaded guilty to 10 counts of attempted murder following deadly attack last summer

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live updates as Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.

Axel Rudakubana changed his plea to guilty on the first day of his trial.

Axel Rudakubana spoke only to plead guilty to the horrific Southport stabbings

Axel Rudakubana , of Banks, Lancashire, was due to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court from today charged with 16 offences, including three counts of murder.

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live updates as Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.

Axel Rudakubana's murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, Bebe King, 6, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7 in Southport last summer. Today, he has pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial

Teachers were concerned about Rudakubana’s behaviour and his violence towards others, it is understood

Rudakubana also pleaded guilty to 10 counts of attempted murder following deadly attack last summer

Ripples from Axel Rudakubana’s killing of three girls spread wide and deep, from the personal to the political“Southport is a quiet, kind place in which nothing ever happens,” said the Rev Thomas Carter, the morning after it happened. “People are struggling to understand it.”It wasn’t just Southport; the whole country struggled to process the carnage that took place late on a sunny Monday one week into the school holidays. Continue reading...

The 18-year-old accused of killing three girls at a dance class in Southport has admitted the attack on the first day of his trial

Axel Rudakubana, 18, stabbed to death Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29

Axel Rudakubana, 18, also pleaded guilty to ten counts of attempted murder following the attack in summer last year

Axel Rudakubana has been charged with the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; Bebe King, six; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven

Axel Rudakubana, 18, also pleads guilty to 10 charges of attempted murder

Axel Rudakubana has admitted all charges following the attack in Southport

The brutal killings of Bebe King, six, Elise Dot Stancombe, Seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, when they should have been dancing to their favourite songs shocked the nation on July 29 last year

Axel Rudakubana, 18, originally from Cardiff, changed his pleas at the last minute before his trial was due to begin on charges of murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party at the Hart Space in the Merseyside town

Axel Rudakubana, 18, of Lancashire, is set to stand trial for the alleged murder of three girls and the alleged attempted murder of ten others, including eight children

Axel Rudakubana, 18, stands trial for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven

Home secretary urges public to let legal process take its course as ‘deeply traumatic’ case gets underway

Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice de Silva Aguiar were stabbed to death during a Taylor Swift-themed dance party last summer

Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, will stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court charged with the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe.