Calls for review of Axel Rudakubana sentence rejected
PA MediaThe Attorney General has rejected requests for the Court of Appeal to review the length of Axel Rudakubanaâs 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.
In a statement issued on Friday evening, Lord Hermer KC said: âAfter careful consideration of independent legal advice and consultation with leading criminal barristers and the Crown Prosecution Service, I have concluded that this case cannot properly be referred to the Court of Appeal.â
He said that no one would want the families to be put through an unnecessary further court process âwhere there is no realistic legal basis for an increased sentenceâ.
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