Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana only said one chilling word across all court appearances

Axel Rudakubana has refused to talk portion successful court, having adjacent opted not to talk to his ain solicitors portion appearing astatine the basal successful Liverpool Crown Court today

Sick Southport slayer Axel Rudakubana uttered conscionable 1 chilling connection portion being asked to reply for his murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe.

Rudakubana, 18, from Banks successful Lancashire, killed the 3 young girls, who were aged nine, six and seven, successful a senseless onslaught connected a Taylor Swift-themed creation people successful the Merseyside municipality connected July 29 past year. He pleaded blameworthy to their murders during an quality astatine Liverpool Crown Court today, a further 10 charges of attempted murder, and 1 complaint of possession of a knife, each relating to the incidental connected Hart Street.

He was aboriginal charged connected October 29 with producing deadly poison ricin, possessing a pdf record entitled “Military Studies successful the Jihad Against the Tyrants: The Al-Qaeda Training Manual”, which was deemed "likely to beryllium utile to a idiosyncratic committing oregon preparing an enactment of terrorism". The tribunal and nationalist person heard extensively astir the killer's actions, but not from the accused himself, who has truthful acold responded with lone 1 connection erstwhile appearing astatine court.

Rudakubana has remained closed disconnected from the tribunal during his aggregate appearances, and has been typically dressed successful a nondescript grey tracksuit with his look covered by a surgical mask. He did not basal erstwhile asked to by the tribunal clerk and justice aft entering tribunal and did not reply erstwhile helium was asked to corroborate his name.

The slayer has lone spoken erstwhile helium is legally required to, namely portion entering pleas for his much than a twelve crimes. He said thing much than "guilty" portion sitting successful the dock, repeating the connection 16 times arsenic helium entered a plea for each charge. Rudakubana remained different quiet, refusing to talk to his defence lawyer, Stan Reiz KC, to whom helium lone nodded successful response.

Mr Reiz confirmed determination was nary quality that the suspect was Rudakubana and helium could perceive what was being said, and that helium was "choosing not to speak". Once helium entered his 16 pleas, helium was told the tribunal would condemnation him connected Thursday, with the justice saying: "You person present pleaded blameworthy to this indictment and to each of the charges upon it.

"The adjacent signifier is sentence. That volition instrumentality spot connected Thursday astatine 11am." He told Rudakubana to support successful interaction with barristers. He added: “You volition recognize it is inevitable the condemnation to beryllium imposed upon you volition mean a beingness condemnation equivalent volition beryllium imposed upon you.

“I volition person to implicit the sentencing process connected that connected that occasion.”