A Lancashire-led probe into the contact between local agencies and Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana will begin next month, the Lancashire Post understands.Within hours of the now 18-year-old pleading guilty on Monday to the murders of three young girls in the town last summer,

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.

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

Child-killer Axel Rudakubana received support from a number of organisations due to 'increased anxiety' before the Southport murders

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.

It will probe the contact between local agencies and the attacker who killed three young girls at a dance class

Axel Rudakubana's journey to Southport attack mapped outMerseyside Police

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 52 years for carrying out the horrific attack which was described as a “pre-meditated attempt to commit indiscriminate mass murder”. The remorseless killer,