Rudakubana, 18, would only speak to confirm his 'guilty' pleas 16 times in Liverpool Crown Court on Monday, refusing even to speak to his own lawyers when appearing on the stand

The prosecution said the fatal stabbings were part of a "meticulously planned rampage" from a "young man with a sickening and sustained interest in death and violence".

The UK government has announced a public inquiry into the murders of three young girls after it emerged Rudakubana was referred to an anti-extremism programme.

Axel Rudakubana was 17 years old when he murdered three girls and tried to kill several others in a rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July

A week before launching a knife attack on a Southport dance class Axel Rudakubana had attempted to travel to his former school as pupils broke up for the summer holidays, it is understood. The 18-year-old booked a taxi to go to Range High School in Formby on July 22,

A father prevented what could have been Britain's first high school massacre just one week before his son went on to kill three young girls at a dance class in Southport, it emerged today. Axel Rudakubana,