The Trial: The Southport Dance School

Feb 03 2025 164 ep. 27 mins 782
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Feb 03 2025 28 mins  
In this episode, Caroline and Jack bringing you the sentencing of Daniel Khalife. The former British soldier was imprisoned for 14 years and 3 months after he was convicted of spying for Iran and escaping from HMP Wandsworth while awaiting trial in September 2023. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told the 23-year-old he was a 'dangerous fool'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas

5: The Victims

Jan 24 2025 40 mins  
In today’s episode Caroline and Liz reflect on the fallout from the harrowing details of what was revealed at yesterday’s court hearing as Axel Rukakubana was sentenced to 52 years in prison. They’ll have the words of the parents of the three girls who died, and the other victims who survived, including a 14 year old girl who addressed the court herself. They’ll also have m

4: 52 Years

Jan 23 2025 27 mins  
In this episode, Caroline and Liz bring you the moment Axel Rudakubana was sentenced to at least 52 years in prison. In all likelihood he will never be released. The judge said he murdered three of the girls he attacked, but he would have killed more if they hadn’t run for their lives - he wanted to carry out mass murder. In the terrifying attack which lasted for 12 minutes he st

3: The Mug Shot

Jan 22 2025 34 mins  
Today, Caroline and Liz continue to discuss the fallout from Axel Rudakaban’s guilty pleas. They also chat to criminologist Professor David Wilson about the case, who explains his theories about Rudakubana and why he might have been driven to kill and why that police mug shot may have been part of his plan to become notorious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi

2: They Were Failed

Jan 21 2025 42 mins  
Today, Caroline and Liz start to discuss the fallout from the horrific attack on children in Southport. How Axel Rudakubama was able to murder and attack children when school, the police, social services, mental health workers and even the Government’s Prevent Programme knew about his obsession with violence. Among others asking questions today is the Prime Minister Keir Starmer

1: The Dance School Murders

Jan 20 2025 25 mins  
Axel Rudakubana has admitted carrying out the attacks on a Southport dance school which claimed the lives of three little girls. Six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar were killed when he went on the rampage with a kitchen knife, as they and other children made friendship bracelets. Today as the families of the girls bra

The Trial: The Southport Dance School

Jan 17 2025 3 mins  
Last summer, like thousands of children during the school holidays, three little girls in Southport in the North of England joined their friends to attend a dance school. But six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar never came home. They were brutally attacked when a knifeman went on the rampage. Many others were stabbed a

13: Daniel Khalife: The Art of Spying

Nov 29 2024 31 mins  
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12: Daniel Khalife: Guilty

Nov 28 2024 48 mins  
In this episode, Caroline and Jack bring you the verdicts in the trial of Daniel Khalife after he was found guilty of spying for Iran and gathering the personal details of soldiers, but not guilty of perpetrating a bomb hoax. The episode features an exclusive interview with Commander Dominic Murphy of the Metropolitan Police about Daniel Khalife's audacious escape from prison and t

11: Daniel Khalife: 'Scooby Doo'

Nov 21 2024 26 mins  
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