Police have denied reports suggesting Axel Rudakubana was taken to hospital before his sentencing at Liverpool crown court - he is due to be sentenced over the murders of three young girls

Sentencing of Axel Rudakubana, who was known to authorities and had a growing interest in extreme violence, under way at Liverpool Crown Court

Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar were stabbed to death during a Taylor Swift-themed dance party last summer

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana carried out a "pre-meditated, planned knife attack upon multiple victims” with intent to kill them, a sentencing hearing has heard.

The teenager on Monday admitted three counts of murder, 10 of attempted murder, and additional charges of possessing a knife, the poison ricin and an al-Qaida manual.

The 18-year-old pleaded guilty to all 16 offences he faced on the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday.

Axel Rudakubana will be sentenced for the murders of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar today. The 18-year-old admitting murdering the three little girls earlier this week, on the day he was due to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court.

Axel Rudakubana stabbed Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice de Silva Aguiar to death during a Taylor Swift-themed dance party

Axel Rudakubana, 18, faces a sentencing hearing Thursday at Liverpool Crown Court in England over the July 29 attack.

Child-killer Axel Rudakubana is set to find out the number of years he will spend behind bars after admitting the murders of three girls at a dance class in Southport. The 18-year-old, of banks, Lancashire,