The British teenager accused of killing three women at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class this summer time pleaded not responsible Wednesday to all the costs in opposition to him.
Axel Rudakubana, 18, refused to talk throughout his court docket look, so not responsible pleas have been entered on his behalf by the court docket.
Rudakubana has not spoken at any of his court docket appearances. Wednesday’s was the primary through which he didn’t cowl his face.
Justice Julian Goose described Rudakubana as “mute of malice,” a British authorized time period for a defendant who’s able to talking however chooses to not, the BBC reported.
The teenager faces three counts of homicide for the deadly stabbings of Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King, 6, on July 29 within the English city of Southport. Rudakubana can be charged with stabbing eight extra children and two adults.
In October, extra costs have been added in opposition to {the teenager}, who was 17 on the time of the assault. He was accused of producing ricin at his residence in Merseyside and possessing an al-Qaeda terror guide. Not responsible pleas have been additionally entered for Rudakubana on these costs.
The teenager faces 16 costs in whole. His trial is scheduled to start Jan. 20 and is anticipated to final roughly 4 weeks.
Members of the group arrive forward of a vigil to recollect the victims of final week’s knife assault close to the Atkinson on August 5, 2024 in Southport, England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Photographs)
The vicious stabbing assaults sparked a number of days of violence by far-right teams within the U.Ok. after it was erroneously reported the suspected attacker was an asylum-seeking migrant who’d just lately arrived in Britain. Rudakubana was raised within the nation, having been born in Cardiff, Wales.
Regardless of the phobia guide on Rudakubana’s pc, authorities haven’t certified the deadly stabbings as a terrorist assault. Investigators say the motive for the assault stays unclear. No ricin was found on the scene in Southport.
