As Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana awaits his fate after admitting the attacks on a Taylor Swift dance class, neighbours on his street in Banks, Lancashire, spoke of their horror at learning he liv

Rudakubana, who was 17 at the time of the attack, entered an unexpected guilty plea for the murders of three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

The Cardiff-born killer will find out how long he will spend behind bars for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven

The 18-year-old pleaded guilty to all 16 offences he faced on the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday.

Axel Rudakubana will be sentenced for the murders of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar today. The 18-year-old admitting murdering the three little girls earlier this week, on the day he was due to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court.

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A man who confronted Axel Rudakubana moments before the Southport attack still wonders if he could have stopped the killer before the teen unleashed "unspeakable" horror. The Southport attacker- who used a 20cm Cerbera kitchen knife to attack 11 children and two adults- initially took a wrong turn and went down the driveway of Colin Parry's car repair workshop by mistake on that awful day.