The UK Attorney General, Lord Hermer KC, has announced that Axel Rudakubana’s life sentence for the brutal murders of three young girls in Southport will not be referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

In a statement released on the UK Government’s website on Friday, Lord Hermer acknowledged the “senseless and barbaric” nature of the attack, which shocked the nation last summer.

However, after reviewing independent legal advice and consulting top criminal barristers, he concluded that there was no “realistic legal basis” to challenge the sentence.

“It was understandable that we received multiple requests to review the sentence under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme – which is designed to identify and remedy gross errors made by judges,” Lord Hermer said.

“No words come anywhere close to expressing the brutality and horror in this case.”

Rudakubana, who was 17 at the time of the attack, was sentenced on January 23 to 13 life terms for three murders and 10 attempted murders.

Judge Julian Goose, in his ruling, said it was “highly likely that he will never be released,” imposing a minimum term of 52 years—one of the longest sentences in English legal history.


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