Southport killer Axel Rudakubana charged with attacking prison staff
People lay flowers on the first anniversary of the 2024 attack in Southport in July 2025. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAView image in fullscreenPeople lay flowers on the first anniversary of the 2024 attack in Southport in July 2025. He was jailed for a minimum of 52 years after he admitted the killings shortly before trial last year.View image in fullscreenLeft to right: Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine.
- ▪People lay flowers on the first anniversary of the 2024 attack in Southport in July 2025.
- ▪Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAView image in fullscreenPeople lay flowers on the first anniversary of the 2024 attack in Southport in July 2025.
- ▪He was jailed for a minimum of 52 years after he admitted the killings shortly before trial last year.View image in fullscreenLeft to right: Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine.
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- ▪ Southport killer charged with prison attacks and possessing weapon — BBC News — UK
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| Publication time | Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:44:40 GMT |
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People lay flowers on the first anniversary of the 2024 attack in Southport in July 2025. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAView image in fullscreenPeople lay flowers on the first anniversary of the 2024 attack in Southport in July 2025. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAUK newsSouthport killer Axel Rudakubana charged with attacking prison staffRudakubana, serving life sentence for murders of three girls at dance event in 2024, charged with multiple assaultsReutersFri 31 Jul 2026 06.44 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe Southport killer Axel Rudakubana serving life in prison for the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in 2024 has been charged with multiple assaults on prison staff, police have said.On 29 July 2024, Rudakubana, then 17, launched a frenzied knife…
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