Books about genocide, war, mass murder a machete and scientific equipment used to produce ricin were among the items found at the home of Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana. The 18-year-old of Banks, West Lancashire, killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift themed dance party.

Rudakubana, 18, would only speak to confirm his 'guilty' pleas 16 times in Liverpool Crown Court on Monday, refusing even to speak to his own lawyers when appearing on the stand

The prosecution said the fatal stabbings were part of a "meticulously planned rampage" from a "young man with a sickening and sustained interest in death and violence".