Rudakubana, 18, pleads guilty to murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe and 10 charges of attempted murder

• Axel Rudakubana: ‘ticking timebomb’ who murdered three girls in Southport

Axel Rudakubana has pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls and attempting to murder 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, in what was the worst targeted attack on children in Britain since the Dunblane massacre.

Rudakubana, who was 17 at the time of the stabbings in Southport this summer, also pleaded guilty to possessing terrorist material and producing the toxin ricin.