Attorney general declines to refer Axel Rudakubana’s 52-year minimum sentence to unduly lenient sentence scheme
The sentence of the Southport killer will not be referred to the court of appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme, the attorney general has said.
Axel Rudakubana, 18, was handed a 52-year minimum sentence for murdering three girls at a dance class, the second-longest sentence imposed by the courts in English history, but the Southport MP Patrick Hurley previously asked the attorney general to review the sentence as “unduly lenient”, saying it is “not severe enough”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/15/southport-killers-sentence-will-not-be-referred-to-court-of-appeal
Author : Donna Ferguson and agencies
Publish date : 2025-02-15 00:06:00
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