Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to Southport murders - five key developments

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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, of Banks, Lancashire, was to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday charged with 16 offences, including three counts of murder of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven.

The defendant, who was 17 at the time of the attack, admitted their murders as well as the attempted murders of eight other children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.

Following his guilty plea, new details have emerged about Rudakubana, including that he had shown violent behaviour at school and had been referred to the counter-extremism scheme three times.

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