Southport attack killer Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to a minimum of 52 years for murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, died while eight other children and two adults – dance class leader Leanne Lucas and businessman Johnathan Hayes – were seriously wounded.

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