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Lucy Connolly, the wife of a former Conservative county councillor, was imprisoned last year for promoting racial hatred following the Southport terror attack

A 29-year-old man who was obsessed with child murders and felt ‘inspired’ by the Southport attacks stabbed a nine-year-old girl in the neck as she played outside.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been jailed for at least 52 years.

This is the moment Southport killer Axel Rudakubana entered a Taylor Swift dance class before murdering three young girls and stabbing 10 others.

Axel Rudakubana bought items on Amazon to make lethal poison three years after he came to attention of authorities.

Axel Rudakubana has pleaded guilty to killing three girls and attempting to kill several others at a dance class in Southport last summer on the first day of his trial.

Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, changed his plea on day one of a trial at Liverpool Crown Court where he was charged with the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9; Bebe King, 6; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7.

Violence has continued to erupt across the country, with dozens more protests planned for this weekend in the wake of the Southport stabbings.

Sunderland Central Police Station on Waterloo Place in the city centre was set on fire by protestors on Friday evening as thugs took to the streets over Monday’s attacks in Southport