A teenager has denied murdering three children in a stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport. Axel Rudakubana, 18, also pleaded not guilty ten counts of attempted murder following the knife attack which sparked widespread riots this summer. Appearing via videolink from HMP Belmarsh at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday, he further denied a … Read more
The teenager accused of murdering three young girls in Southport during a stabbing spree has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. Axel Rudakubana, 18, is accused of murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29. He is also … Read more
A police detective inspector has been sentenced for using abusive words in a “burst of anger” outside a nightclub in Bournemouth on a night out. Mark Portelli, who serves with Dorset Police, was found guilty of using threatening or abusive words likely to cause alarm or distress at a trial at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on … Read more
A mother who was playing a cooking game on her phone while her baby son drowned in the bath has been jailed for seven years for manslaughter. Seven-month-old Charlie Goodall died after falling over in an unstable bath seat as his mother Danielle Massey left him alone “for a prolonged period of time” at their … Read more
A Turkish crime boss said to be one of Britain’s biggest drug dealers has won his human rights battle against deportation. The man, who was jailed for 16 years for plotting to supply heroin across the UK, won the right to remain in the UK on the basis that it would breach his human right … Read more
Axel Rudakubana, the 18-year-old accused of being behind the fatal knife attack at a dance class in Southport, has had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf to the murder of three children and 10 counts of attempted murder. Rudakubana appeared at Liverpool crown court via video link from HMP Belmarsh, where he is being … Read more
The teenager accused of a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport which left three schoolgirls dead will go on trial in the new year after denying all the charges against him. Axel Rudakubana, 18, of Banks, Lancashire, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via video link on Wednesday over the deaths of … Read more
A 19-year-old driver who killed three teenage passengers after inhaling nitrous oxide and travelling at more than 100mph has been jailed for nine years and four months. Thomas Johnson crashed into a tree moments after he was videoed using a balloon to inhale the gas. He was driving a BMW 3 Series when the vehicle … Read more
default Incarcerated women who spoke out about pervasive sexual abuse they endured at the hands of guards in a federal prison located in California are pleading with the Biden administration to grant them clemency. Their calls come after Joe Biden last week carried out the largest act of presidential clemency on a single day in … Read more
An man who claimed to have worked as a movie stand-in for Brad Pitt has been jailed for rape after he deceived his then-partner into believing he had used a condom while having sex. Luke Ford, 35, was sentenced to 16 years in custody for a sustained campaign of abuse against multiple women, including Scotland’s … Read more