Pure Evil: Depraved Southport Murderer Handed Thirteen Life Sentences

Depraved Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana was today handed thirteen life sentences for the wicked crimes he perpetrated in the seaside town on Monday, 29th July 2024.

Rudakubana was sentenced for each count on the indictment as follows:

• For the murder of 7-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 52 years;
• For the murder of 6-year-old Bebe King, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 52 years;
• For the murder of 9-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 52 years;
• For the attempted murder of child A, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years;
• For the attempted murder of child B, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years;
• For the attempted murder of child C, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years;
• For the attempted murder of child D, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years;
• For the attempted murder of child E, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years;
• For the attempted murder of child F, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years;
• For the attempted murder of child G, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years;
• For the attempted murder of child H, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years;
• For the attempted murder of Leanne Lucas, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years;
• For the attempted murder of Jonathan Hayes, life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years;
• For the possession of a bladed article, 18 months' custody;
• For the production of a biological toxin, namely ricin, 12 years' custody;
• For the possession of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, 18 months' custody.

All sentences are to run concurrently to each other, which gives a total of 52 years' imprisonment before Rudakubana can be considered for parole. In all likelihood that day will never come.

As Rudakubana was only 17-years-old at the time of his crimes, he was not eligible for a whole life term.

For however long Rudakubana serves in prison, he will be looking over his shoulder and sleeping with one eye open. In all likelihood he will be destined for HMP Wakefield, where he can be incarcerated in the most secure and closely supervised of environments. Even so, he will inevitably remain a target for the other prisoners who will very much consider him, as we all do, to be the absolute dregs of criminality.

Should he manage to survive to the age of 70, then even then he will only be released if the Parole Board considers it safe and appropriate to do so.

I shall post full sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Goose as soon as they are published.