Rudakubana, 18, from Lancashire, is facing sentencing after he pleaded guilty to murdering three girls on Monday, on what was due to be the first day of his trial.

Axel Rudakubana stabbed Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice de Silva Aguiar to death during a Taylor Swift-themed dance party

Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar were stabbed to death during a Taylor Swift-themed dance party last summer

An inquiry has been announced into the failures to identify the risk posed by the teenager, despite concerns about him being raised on multiple occasions in the years leading up to the attack.

Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 52 years for the murder of three girls in Southport last summer. Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, was sentenced in court today after pleading guilty to the murder of three young girls,

Axel Rudakubana was expected to be sentenced to life in prison at Liverpool Crown Court for the murders of three young girls and attempted murders of eight other children in Southport in July.

Child-killer Axel Rudakubana is set to find out the number of years he will spend behind bars after admitting the murders of three girls at a dance class in Southport. The 18-year-old, of banks, Lancashire,