Axel Rudakubana

UK extremism approach should be based on behaviours, not ideologies – report

David Bale1 week ago01 mins

This new approach risks swamping already stretched counter-extremism interveners and counter-terror police with tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of new cases, making it more likely that dangerous people will be missed Paul Stott and Andrew Gilligan, Policy Exchange

Pressure mounts on Labour to abandon UN law on young murderers that prevented child killer Axel Rudakubana from being jailed for life

David Bale2 weeks ago09 mins

By BY RYAN HOOPER, JASON GROVES AND RICHARD MARSDEN Published: 18:30 EST, 24 January 2025 | Updated: 23:06 EST, 24 January 2025 Labour last night faced calls to take control of the UK’s justice system after international rules stopped the Southport killer from being locked up for the rest of his life. Pressure mounted on…

What the papers say – January 22

David Bale2 weeks ago01 mins

Revelations and reactions to the Southport killings lead Wednesday’s front pages.

Southport killer had knife danger training 3 years before murders

David Bale2 weeks ago09 mins

Southport serial killer Axel Rudakubana had a knife crime awareness course three years before he took a blade to stab 11 children, three fatally, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance club. Lancashire County Council has confirmed Rudakubana first became known to children’s social care in 2019, five years before murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe…