Jan 16, 2026
McKenzie Morgan had an al-Qaeda manual on his phone and was inspired by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana. His targets also included a dance school.
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McKenzie Morgan. Pic: South Wales Police/PA
''A teenager who was inspired by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced after he planned an attack on an Oasis concert.
McKenzie Morgan, from the village of Llanfrechfa near Cwmbran in South Wales, can be named for the first time after he turned 18.
He has been detained for 14 months after admitting at the Old Bailey to possessing a document useful for terrorism.
Morgan had talked of emulating
Axel Rudakubana who killed three girls aged six, seven and nine, during
a knife attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class during the summer holidays in July 2024.
Morgan, who was aged 17 at the time and living with his parents
, conducted research into obtaining large knives and, in a chat with a friend on April 19 last year, sent an image of a large knife for sale online saying, "would this work?".
''Earlier this month a 16-year-old teenager from Merseyside who planned to copy the Southport killer by attacking a Taylor Swift-themed event wearing a green hoodie pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.''