Axel Rudakubana refused to come into court ahead of his sentencing hearing, GB News understands.
The hearing has been delayed as the 18-year-old is refusing to enter the courtroom at Liverpool Crown Court.
Rudakubana admitted 16 charges, including the murder of Alice da Silva Aguiar, aged nine; Bebe King, six; and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe.
He also admitted to the attempted murder of 10 people on the same day. This includes eight children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and two adults, Leanne Lucas and John Hayes.
It had previously been reported that Rudakubana "required medical attention" and was taken to hospital in the early hours of this morning. However, Merseyside Police have now denied these reports.
Rudakubana said "I’m glad they’re dead" as he was held in a custody suite at the court.
Upon entering the court, immediately sat and put his head down onto his knees. He did not respond at all when asked to confirm his name.
More than 30 members of the victims’ families sat in the public gallery of the dock for the sentencing hearing and the court heard there were others in an annexe. Twelve members of the media were in court, with others in an overspill and more than 70 people watching on a link.
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Cardiff-born Rudakubana further pleaded guilty to possessing a knife on the date of the killings, which he bought on Amazon, production of a biological toxin, ricin, on or before July 29, and possession of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism.
The terrorism offence relates to a PDF file entitled Military Studies In The Jihad Against The Tyrants, The Al Qaeda Training Manual, which he is said to have possessed between August 29 2021 and July 30 2024.
The ricin, a deadly poison, and the document were found during searches of the home in Old School Close which he shared with his parents, who are originally from Rwanda.
Documents about Nazi Germany, the Rwandan genocide and car bombs were found on Rudakubana’s devices during police searches of his home.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer addressed the nation on Tuesday to say Britain faces a new threat of terrorism from "extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms" following the murders.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced an inquiry into the case following Rudakubana’s guilty pleas, including how he “came to be so dangerous” and why Prevent “failed to identify the terrible risk” he posed to others.
Despite a previous conviction for violence, at the age of 17 he was able to order a kitchen knife from Amazon which he used to fatally stab the girls, and Cooper said the Government will “bring in stronger measures to tackle knife sales online in the Crime and Policing Bill this spring.”
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The hearing has been delayed as the 18-year-old is refusing to enter the courtroom at Liverpool Crown Court.
Rudakubana admitted 16 charges, including the murder of Alice da Silva Aguiar, aged nine; Bebe King, six; and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe.
He also admitted to the attempted murder of 10 people on the same day. This includes eight children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and two adults, Leanne Lucas and John Hayes.
It had previously been reported that Rudakubana "required medical attention" and was taken to hospital in the early hours of this morning. However, Merseyside Police have now denied these reports.
Rudakubana said "I’m glad they’re dead" as he was held in a custody suite at the court.
Upon entering the court, immediately sat and put his head down onto his knees. He did not respond at all when asked to confirm his name.
More than 30 members of the victims’ families sat in the public gallery of the dock for the sentencing hearing and the court heard there were others in an annexe. Twelve members of the media were in court, with others in an overspill and more than 70 people watching on a link.
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Cardiff-born Rudakubana further pleaded guilty to possessing a knife on the date of the killings, which he bought on Amazon, production of a biological toxin, ricin, on or before July 29, and possession of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism.
The terrorism offence relates to a PDF file entitled Military Studies In The Jihad Against The Tyrants, The Al Qaeda Training Manual, which he is said to have possessed between August 29 2021 and July 30 2024.
The ricin, a deadly poison, and the document were found during searches of the home in Old School Close which he shared with his parents, who are originally from Rwanda.
Documents about Nazi Germany, the Rwandan genocide and car bombs were found on Rudakubana’s devices during police searches of his home.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer addressed the nation on Tuesday to say Britain faces a new threat of terrorism from "extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms" following the murders.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced an inquiry into the case following Rudakubana’s guilty pleas, including how he “came to be so dangerous” and why Prevent “failed to identify the terrible risk” he posed to others.
Despite a previous conviction for violence, at the age of 17 he was able to order a kitchen knife from Amazon which he used to fatally stab the girls, and Cooper said the Government will “bring in stronger measures to tackle knife sales online in the Crime and Policing Bill this spring.”
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