The Southport killer’s record-high 52-year sentence will be reviewed amid criticism it was not long enough after mounting calls for law changes to see child criminals like him die in jail.
Axel Rudakubana was handed one of the highest minimum custody terms on record after carrying out the sadistic attack at a Taylor Swift-themed class in July last year at the age of 17.
Reform UK MPs Rupert Lowe and Lee Anderson called for the return of the death penalty – the minimum age for which was raised to 18 in 1933.
Mr Lowe said it was “time for a national debate” on the use of capital punishment “in exceptional circumstances” while Mr Anderson posted a picture of a noose on his X account, adding: “No apologies here. This is what is required!”
Talk’s Russell Quirk discusses the story with former Home Office minister Ann Widdecombe.
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