The attorney-general for England and Wales, Richard Hermer, has rejected calls to request a court review of the length of a jail sentence imposed on the British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event last summer.

The Attorney General has rejected calls for the Court of Appeal to review the length of Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana's jail sentence. Rudakubana, 18, is serving a minimum 52-year sentence for the murder of Elsie Dot Stancombe,

The Attorney General has announced he will not refer the sentence of Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana to the Court of Appeal. Rudakubana, 18, wasjailed for a minimum of 52 years in January after murdering three young girls at a dance class in Merseyside last July.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, will likely die behind bars after murdering three girls at a dance class, after receiving a 52-year sentence.