Teen who murdered 3 girls at Taylor Swift dance class pleads guilty

The British teen who stabbed 3 small girls to decease astatine a Taylor Swift-themed creation people pleaded guilty to each charges Monday.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was successful tribunal for what was scheduled to beryllium the commencement of his proceedings connected three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.

But erstwhile asked for his plea, Rudakubana — who hadn’t spoken successful tribunal passim the full judicial process — shocked the country by replying “guilty” to each complaint against him. He volition beryllium sentenced Thursday and faces up to beingness successful prison.

Rudakubana fatally stabbed 3 girls — Alice Da Silva Aguiar, 9; Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King, 6 — astatine a tiny lawsuit successful Southport connected July 29. The girls had gathered with others astir their property for a creation people soundtracked by the songs of Taylor Swift.

In the vicious astonishment attack, Rudakabana besides stabbed 8 different young girls, creation teacher Leanne Lucas and a bystander who tried to intervene, John Hayes. He was captured astatine the country by police.

People queue astatine Liverpool Crown Court successful Liverpool, England, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 wherever Axel Rudakubana is charged with sidesplitting 3 girls and wounding 10 different radical successful a stabbing rampage astatine a Taylor Swift-themed creation people successful England past summer. (Jon Super/AP)

“The quality that the vile and sick Southport slayer volition beryllium convicted is welcome,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the BBC connected Monday. “It is besides a infinitesimal of trauma for the nation, and determination are sedate questions to reply arsenic to however the authorities failed successful its eventual work to support these young girls.”

In summation to the execution and attempted execution charges, Rudakubana pleaded blameworthy to possessing ricin, a weapon and an al-Qaeda panic manual.

After Rudakubana was captured, mendacious rumors dispersed that helium had precocious arrived successful Britain by boat, sparking organized violence by far-right groups passim the country. Rudakubana was calved successful Wales.

With News Wire Services