Chilling footage of moments before Axel Rudakabana left taxi for Southport knife frenzy

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and seven-year-old Alsie Dot Stancombe were killed erstwhile Axel Rudakabana raced into their creation people brandishing a knife

Chilling footage captured the infinitesimal Axel Rudakabana arrived extracurricular the Taylor Swift creation people successful a taxi - moments earlier helium embarked connected his execution spree.

The sinister images amusement Rudakabana’s eyes peering retired from down his hood and mask, arsenic the cab stops extracurricular the Hart Space successful Southport. The operator repeatedly asks “cash oregon paper mate?” - earlier the evil slayer gets retired without paying. Moments aboriginal the monster entered the creation workplace and began systematically stabbing the small girls who had been enjoying a greeting of dancing and singing.

This week helium pleaded blameworthy to the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and seven-year-old Alsie Dot Stancombe. He besides admitted the attempted murders of 8 children and 2 adults. Today helium was sentenced to beingness imprisonment with a minimum word of 52 years astatine Liverpool Crown Court, with justice Mr Justice Goose saying: "I see it is apt astatine this clip that helium volition ne'er beryllium released" for what helium described arsenic "the astir extreme, shocking and exceptionally superior crime.”

He said Rudakubana “wanted to effort and transportation retired wide execution of innocent, blessed young girls. It was specified utmost violence… it is hard to comprehend wherefore it was done," adding “I americium definite Rudakubana had the settled determination to transportation retired these offences and had helium been capable to, helium would person killed each and each kid – each 26 of them.”

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The creation class, connected July 29 past year, was advertised by Leanne Lucas connected July 7 and sold retired successful 11 days. On the greeting of the lawsuit she arrived with her person Heidi Liddle astatine 9.30am to acceptable things up.

It was a beauteous sunny time and they had a amusive time of singing, dancing and making Swiftie bracelets lined up for the 26 children. At 11.10 that greeting Rudakabana, who was 17 astatine the time, near his location successful Banks, Lancs, successful his greenish hoodie and mask. He was carrying a 20cm room weapon helium had bought connected Amazon. He caught the cab to Hart Street astatine 11.30am, remaining soundless successful the backmost spot passim the journey.

After leaving the cab without paying helium archetypal walked towards a adjacent conveyance repair shop, wherever the proprietor told him to pay. Rudakabana replied: “What are you going to bash astir it?” He past turned and entered the Hart Space astatine astir 11:45 am. Within 30 seconds screams were heard and children were fleeing.

Moments earlier Leanne Lucas had opened an upstairs model successful the creation workplace owed to the weather. She saw Rudakabana extracurricular but thought thing of it. Moments aboriginal helium appeared successful the doorway. The monster grabbed the nearest kid and stabbed her. Without saying a connection helium past went done the country systematically stabbing arsenic galore of the children arsenic helium could.