Unconfirmed reports are swirling on social media that Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been beaten up by inmates.

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Rudakubana, 18, from Lancashire, is facing sentencing after he pleaded guilty to murdering three girls on Monday, on what was due to be the first day of his trial.

It will look into the contact between local agencies and the attacker, who killed three young girls at a dance class in Southport

Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering three girls, 10 attempted murders, producing ricin, possessing terrorist material, and possessing a knife.

As Southport killer Axel Rudakubana begins his life sentence behind bars, urgent questions have been asked about why the murderous teen wasn't stopped long before he ended the lives of three innocent

A British court sentenced teen Axel Rudakubana to a record 52 years in prison, minus time served, for murdering three young girls in a frenzied stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July.