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.

The FBI and US Justice Department have joined the UK police investigation into Southport killer Axel Rudakubana. Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty to the murders of three young girls at a Taylor Swift dance class in July last year.

British police have enlisted the support of American investigators to recover deleted searches from the killer's Google and Microsoft accounts.

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 death and injured many more in the Merseyside town on 29 July last year.