Great Britain Southport trial: defendant pleads guilty
The defendant in the British Southport trial has pleaded guilty to the murder of three girls and the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults on the first day of the trial. The 18-year-old is charged with a total of 16 counts.
20.01.2025, 14:13
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According to the PA news agency, he also pleaded guilty to the charge of possessing deadly poison and a manual of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. The sentence is due to be announced this Thursday.
The bloody crime on July 29, 2024 in the north-western English town of Southport shocked the UK. The children were attacked during a dance class to the music of Taylor Swift and the three girls died at the ages of six, seven and nine.
This was followed by days of right-wing extremist and anti-Muslim riots across the country, driven by false information about the alleged perpetrator. It had been falsely claimed on social media that the perpetrator was a Muslim migrant. The 18-year-old accused was born in the UK to Rwandan parents. Hundreds of rioters have since been convicted.
