contacted Childline in October 2019 and asked, ‘What should I do if I want to kill somebody?’, prosecutors have said.
, January 23, after pleading guilty to murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, in July last year. He was 17 at the time.
During the hearing on Wednesday, the prosecutor said that on October 4, 2019, Rudakubana contacted Childline and asked: “What should I do if I want to kill somebody?”
Deanna Heer said: “In the days that followed he explained that he hated someone at school who’d bullied him.
“He felt angry and wanted to kill them. He said he had taken a knife to school but would only use it if the person really annoyed him.”
The court was told that, as a result, a referral was made to the police, who visited the defendant at home. He confirmed that he had taken a knife to school and added that he thought he would use it if he became angry.
The school was informed, but by this stage, Rudakubana had been temporarily excluded after attacking a pupil with a hockey stick. When he admitted taking a knife to school on about 10 previous occasions, his exclusion was made permanent.
Axel Rudakubana contacted Childline in 2019 (Image: HANDOUT)
In 2021, he was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
In 2019 and 2021, he was referred to Prevent – the counter-terrorism programme – for looking up school shootings, posting pictures of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi on and viewing explicit material about the 2017 London terror attack.
The twisted child killer may have been prevented from carrying out a school knife atrocity a week before launching his murderous Southport rampage – when his father raced from the family home and stopped him from driving away in a taxi whilst wearing his “death suit”.
The defendant got into the taxi wearing the same outfit as he wore during the attack and a rucksack before his father pleaded with the driver not to take Rudakubana to school, the prosecution says.
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It was the last day of term on Monday July 22 and 1050 children were on site excitedly waiting for the start of the summer holidays.
Rudakubana booked a cab to arrive at his home at around 12.20pm. The school day was due to finish at 12.30pm meaning Rudakubana planned to arrive at the gates just as hundreds of pupils poured out of the comprehensive
“It is unlikely to be a coincidence… that this was the last day of term, with students due to leave the school that day at 12.30pm,” says the prosecution.
The Southport killer when he receives his punishment today in Liverpool Crown Court.
Axel Rudakubana has been removed from court twice after shouting and telling the judge: ‘I need a paramedic’.
, 36, who was injured by Rudakubana in the knife attack, said: “I cannot give myself compassion or accept praise, as how can I live knowing I survived when children died.”