UK- Major incident declared in Southport after multiple stabbings, 29 July 2024

[Cryptic]

A significant portion of X still don't believe he isn't a Muslim or that he's only 17 and that's even with knowing his name.

That is so frustrating.

The criminal's background is Rwandan- a country with a very significant Christian majority. There does not appear to be any evidence that the attack was religiously motivated and perpetrated by a convert.

As a result, statistics dictate that the perpetrator is very likely..... Christian.

 

[Dotta]

As a result, statistics dictate that the perpetrator is very likely..... Christian.

IMO
Religion has NOTHING to do with this repugnant crime.

But twisted mind of the alleged murderer of innocent children.

JMO

 

[QB2022]

So do all cases not go into subjudice at some point? What determines which do or don't? (American here, where AFAIK, we don't have that... unless it's similar to what we'd call a gag order.)

They are effectively gagged from the start. It's why we often only really find out just how heinous some crimes or or thr motivations or anything about the attsckers once they've been found guilty.

The big question mark with this one will be whether he pleads straight guilty or non-guilty on grounds of diminished responsibility.

 

[JennieM]

Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana starred in BBC advert

EXCLUSIVE: Footage unearthed by MailOnline shows Axel Rudakubana, then aged 11, emerging from the Tardis in David Tennant's trademark trenchcoat and tie

www.dailymail.co.uk

The teenager accused of stabbing three little girls to death once starred as Doctor Who for a Children in Need promotional video for the BBC, MailOnline can reveal.

Axel Rudakubana wore a brown trench coat and tie as he emerged from the Tardis for a 2018 BBC fundraising clip.

The now 17-year-old starred alongside four child actors dressed as other incarnations of the Doctor for the promo called 'It's time to do your thing'.

The BBC and the child talent agency who had employed him both deleted the video today as the association emerged.

[…]

The video is understood to have been shot on location in nearby Blackpool in early 2018.

The talent agency - which is co-run by Laura Beckford, wife of former Everton footballer Jermaine Beckford, and her older brother Andrew - declined to comment, but managers are understood to be ‘very upset’ at learning of the association.

The agency last night deleted a series of Facebook posts about Axel's budding acting career.

One promoting the video read: 'Look out for Ology superstar Axel in the new promo for Children In Need!!'.

 

[JennieM]

Did he want notoriety and his 15 minutes? Taylor Swift to know who he is and us to be talking about him?

 

[worldwatcher]

Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana starred in BBC advert

EXCLUSIVE: Footage unearthed by MailOnline shows Axel Rudakubana, then aged 11, emerging from the Tardis in David Tennant's trademark trenchcoat and tie

www.dailymail.co.uk

The teenager accused of stabbing three little girls to death once starred as Doctor Who for a Children in Need promotional video for the BBC, MailOnline can reveal.

Axel Rudakubana wore a brown trench coat and tie as he emerged from the Tardis for a 2018 BBC fundraising clip.

The now 17-year-old starred alongside four child actors dressed as other incarnations of the Doctor for the promo called 'It's time to do your thing'.

The BBC and the child talent agency who had employed him both deleted the video today as the association emerged.

[…]

The video is understood to have been shot on location in nearby Blackpool in early 2018.

The talent agency - which is co-run by Laura Beckford, wife of former Everton footballer Jermaine Beckford, and her older brother Andrew - declined to comment, but managers are understood to be ‘very upset’ at learning of the association.

The agency last night deleted a series of Facebook posts about Axel's budding acting career.

One promoting the video read: 'Look out for Ology superstar Axel in the new promo for Children In Need!!'.

That must be devastating for the families of the murdered girls and those victims, wich he brutally attacked
To know he was a promotor BBC "for children in need"
<modsnip>

 

[pokerowan]

That must be devastating for the families of the murdered girls and those victims, wich he brutally attacked
To know he was a promotor BBC "for children in need"
<modsnip - no link>

<modsnip - following refers to the fact that the BBC removed the video>. The promo features other children, given the wild speculation and online investigaton of other unrelated parties I think this is probably to protect other parties who may have been on camera with the suspect.

 

[cottonweaver]

A source at the corporation said: ‘Children in Need has no relationship to Axel Rudakubana.

'The individual was contracted by the BBC for the campaign video through a casting agency in 2018 and has never had an affiliation with any of our funded projects.’

A BBC Children in Need spokesperson: 'Our deepest sympathies go out to everyone impacted by this shocking case, and we have removed the video from all of our platforms out of respect to them.'

Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana starred in BBC advert

EXCLUSIVE: Footage unearthed by MailOnline shows Axel Rudakubana, then aged 11, emerging from the Tardis in David Tennant's trademark trenchcoat and tie

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[QB2022]

I don't think this was about taylor swift. I think it was about what she represents and what the class represented. I think this was personal and he was seeking vengeance.

 

[Dotta]

He went for the most vulnerable IMO.

It made him feel powerful for a moment.
Because in his life he felt powerless.

But it is only my view.

 

[cottonweaver]

' The mother of three who sparked havoc with false claim about Southport suspect'

The mother of three who sparked havoc with false claim about Southport suspect

Russian outlets and the far-right activist Tommy Robinson leapt upon the woman’s social media post claiming the alleged knifeman was a Muslim asylum seeker

www.thetimes.com

No news source - reputable or otherwise - used the false name before her tweet at 4.49pmThe first so-called news source to use the name was @channel3nownews 61 minutes after her post

Whoops!

 

[Sillybilly]

ADMIN NOTE:

Stick to discussing the case. This thread is about the case, not about riots and protests or politics.

Thank you.