AXEL Rudakubana, aged 18, from Banks in Lancashire is due to appear at Liverpool Crown Court via video link at 2pm on Wednesday, 13 November 2024 for a Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing.
He faces 3 charges of murder, 10 charges of attempted murder and 1 charge of possession of a knife – all relating to the incident at Hart Street, Southport on 29 July 2024.
He was additionally charged on 29 October with production of a biological toxin, namely ricin, contrary to Section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974; and possessing information, namely a pdf file entitled “Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants: The Al-Qaeda Training Manual” of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, contrary to Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
