A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer is scheduled to go on trial early next year, a judge said Wednesday.
Axel Rudakubana, 18, will face trial Jan. 20 in Liverpool Crown Court on three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and additional charges related to possessing the poison ricin and for having an al-Qaida manual.
Family members and friends of the girls killed and injured, as well as one of the class instructors who was badly wounded, attended the hearing in person as Rudakubana appeared by video link from Belmarsh prison in south London.
Rudakubana, who has not entered a plea, continued to refuse to speak in court as he has at previous hearings. He pulled a sweatshirt up over his face and wouldn't identify himself or acknowledge the judge.
"I know you can hear me because the officer behind you said I can be heard," Justice Julian Goose said as Rudakubana didn't respond.
