The FBI will join British police in the Axel Rudakubana investigation to aquire the killer’s internet history which could “take years”.
Merseyside Police has previously stated it could “take years” to obtain this information in attempts to reveal the motives behind the deadly attack.
The Crown Prosecution Service and Merseyside Police said in a statement: “A specialist liaison CPS prosecutor in the United States has been working with international partners to obtain material.”
“We are thankful to the US Department of Justice and the FBI for their ongoing assistance.”
Authorities hope that they will have access to the killer’s Google Chrome and Microsoft Bing search histories in the coming weeks (Stock photo)
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Authorities hope that they will have access to the killer’s Google Chrome and Microsoft Bing search histories in the coming weeks, the Sun reports.
After the attack, police seized several electronic devices from Rudakubana’s home in the nearby village of Banks.
Police found that minutes before leaving to carry out the stabbings, he had searched up the April 2024 Sydney church attack on X.
However, while he was found to have downloaded numerous documents about the 20th century's biggest atrocities, detectives were unable to access deleted internet history because the Southport stabbings were not declared a terrorist incident.
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Rudakubana is serving life with a minimum of 52 years for murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, and attempting to murder eight others at a dance class in July 2024 when he was 17.
The sentence sparked outcry from family members of victims and MPs, who called for law changes.
Attorney General Lord Hermer KC said he would not be referring the sentence to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
He said: “After careful consideration of independent legal advice and consultation with leading criminal barristers and the Crown Prosecution Service, I have concluded that this case cannot properly be referred to the Court of Appeal.”
Rudakubana is serving life with a minimum of 52 years for murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six
PA“No-one would want the families to be put through an unnecessary further court process where there is no realistic legal basis for an increased sentence.”
Rudakubana's sentence is thought to be the longest imposed on a killer of his age on record.
Legally, the killer cannot receive a whole-life order, a sentence reserved for offenders aged 21 and over or, occasionally, those aged 18 to 20, because he was 17 at the time of the attack.
This comes as in January, the Government announced a public inquiry into the attack, after the Government's anti-terror programme, Prevent, failed to act upon three separate referrals made about Rudakubana’s behaviour during his childhood. Six separate calls to the police were also made.
