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.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s sentence was not unduly lenient and will not be referred to the Court of Appeal, the attorney general has said.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was handed a minimum of 52 years in January for the murder of three girls at a dance class, sparking outrage

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

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, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, in Southport in July 2024.

Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering three girls, 10 attempted murders, producing ricin, possessing terrorist material, and possessing a knife.

A HERO of the Southport knife attacks has told for the first time how he confronted killer Axel Rudakubana — and said of that fateful day: “The horror will live with me forever.” Joel Verite, 26,

Sentences can be referred to the Court of Appeal by the Attorney General if they are deemed to not be sufficiently severe. But Lord Hermer has declined to do so in this case after

Evil Axel Rudakubana was caged for life last month for his brutal Southport murder spree - but when called back for new hearing he refused to leave his cell.