British investigators are being helped by FBI agents and US Justice Department officials in uncovering the motives of twisted 18-year-old Southport killer Axel Rudakubana

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s sentence was not unduly lenient and will not be referred to the Court of Appeal, the attorney general has said.

The 18-year-old was jailed for a minimum of 52 years in January after murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July last year.

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A HERO of the Southport knife attacks has told for the first time how he confronted killer Axel Rudakubana — and said of that fateful day: “The horror will live with me forever.” Joel Verite, 26,

The FBI are providing support as police try to recover deleted searches from Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s online accounts.

There was “sufficient risk” posed by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana to keep his cases within the Prevent programme active and these were “closed prematurely”, Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has said.

The FBI are providing support as British police try to recover deleted searches from the Southport killer's online accounts. Axel Rudakubana cleared his internet history just before he travelled to the dance class where he stabbed three girls to death and injured many more in the Merseyside town on 29 July last year.

According to reports, investigators believe they may be able to access Rudakubana's deleted internet search history soon.