Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s sentence not unduly lenient, attorney general says - Attorney general Lord Hermer KC says he will not refer Axel Rudakubana’s sentence for appeal

Sentences can be referred to the Court of Appeal by the Attorney General if they are deemed to not be sufficiently severe. But Lord Hermer has declined to do so in this case after

Axel Rudakubana, 18, will likely die behind bars after murdering three girls at a dance class, after receiving a 52-year sentence.

The Attorney General has decided not to refer the 52-year sentence given to child killer Axel Rudakubana to the Court of Appeal, despite public outcry and demands for a life tariff

The Attorney General has rejected calls for the Court of Appeal to review the length of Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana's jail sentence. Rudakubana, 18, is serving a minimum 52-year sentence for the murder of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, in Southport in July 2024.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was jailed for a minimum of 52 years in January after murdering three girls at a dance class in Southport, Merseyside, in July last year

A HERO of the Southport knife attacks has told for the first time how he confronted killer Axel Rudakubana — and said of that fateful day: “The horror will live with me forever.” Joel Verite, 26,

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 52 years in January for the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.