Southport MP calls for ‘harsh’ punishment for Axel Rudakubana

The MP for Southport, where Axel Rudakubana murdered three young girls, has called for a review of the killers’ 52-year jail sentence – arguing it is “not harsh enough”.

Labour’s Patrick Hurley has asked the Attorney General to review whether the sentence was “unduly lenient”, claiming it “does not reflect the crimes”.

Rudakubana cannot apply for release from prison until 2077 after pleading guilty The murders of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Babe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguirre, eight.,

The killings sparked a wave of political outrage, including from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who called the attack “one of the most tragic moments in the history of our country”, with a further eight children injured.

In a statement Sir Keir said: “What happened in Southport was an atrocity and as the judge has said, this despicable criminal will likely never be released.”

But Hurley argued that Rudakubana’s sentence “is not severe enough, it is not long enough for the crimes that were committed”.

Attorney General Lord Harmer and Solicitor General Lucy Rigby Now you have 28 days to decide If they do they will send the sentence to the Court of Appeal.

Critics of the judge’s decision will have to convince the Court of Appeal that the sentence – considered the second longest minimum term ever imposed – is not only shorter than they expected, but also “unreasonably”.

Because Rudakubana was nine days late in turning 18, under the law he cannot be sentenced to life in prison – which would mean he could never be released from prison.

Hurley joined Tory leader Kemi Badenoch in calling for a change to the law to allow lifetime orders to be imposed on people under the age of 18 in some cases.

Badenoch said that “Rudakubana should never be released from prison” after destroying “countless lives” and sowing a “legacy of distrust” across the country.

The Conservatives will “start figuring out” how to change the law, he said.

Despite the seriousness of the attack, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided that the attack met the legal definition of terrorism, due to the lack of evidence that Rudakubana had sought to advance any political, religious or ideological agenda.

But Badenoch called the attack a “terrorist” incident, and called on others to stop “avoiding these difficult truths.”

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for the CPS chief to resign for failing to classify the case as terrorism.

Faraz said, “This barbaric and senseless attack was clearly both political and ideological.”

“The British public need to have confidence in the CPS and our police forces. Millions of British citizens will find it incomprehensible how the CPS decided this was a non-terrorist incident and maintained that position.”

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned Rudakubana’s attack as “appalling, cowardly and evil” and said the government promised a national inquiry.

He said, “We have vowed to get the answers the country deserves about how this horror was allowed to happen and to make sure lessons are learned.”

Further information will be released soon, he said, but “for today, all our thoughts are with the families who are enduring this unimaginable pain, and with the example of strength and courage they have given us all.” are together”.

Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philip supported the investigation, but accused the government of monitoring an information vacuum following Rudakubana’s arrest. Last summer a wave of riots spread across Britain.

Philip is one of many such critics Accused CPS and government of hiding important information after the attackSuch as Rudacubana’s three referrals to the anti-extremism program Prevent, his manufacturing of enough ricin to kill 12,000 people and the extent of his fixation on violence and genocide.

Posting on social media, Philip said: “The Prime Minister and the CPS could have been more open with the public. This would have avoided filling up with misinformation and instigating riots.”

“This issue should also be addressed in the investigation.”

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey supported the inquiry and called on the government to fulfill “its urgent duty to the families and our country to learn the lessons of what happened”.

“As a father I have found it difficult to read the tragic details of what happened in Southport that day, which caused an indelible shock to many people and took the lives of three innocent people.

“I can’t imagine the pain their families are still going through. No punishment will ever seem enough.”

In response to the attack two UK reform MPs, Rupert Lowe and Lee Anderson, called for the return of the death penalty.

Mr Lowe said it was “time for a national debate” on the use of the death penalty “in exceptional circumstances”, while Mr Anderson posted a photo of the noose on his X account, with the caption: “No apology here. That’s it.” It is necessary!”