Southport stabbings suspect starred in BBC Children in Need video dressed as Doctor Who

A 17-year-old accused of murdering three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport once appeared in a BBC Children in Need video dressed as Doctor Who, it has emerged.

In the resurfaced clip promoting Children in Need from 2018, an 11-year-old Axel Rudakubana is seen emerging from the Tardis wearing a trench coat and tie. He appears alongside a number of other child actors in the 2018 clip for the promo titled 'it's time to do your thing'. Rudakubana encourages viewers to raise money by dressing 'as every Doctor Who ever'.

A BBC Children in Need spokesperson told the Mirror that the charity has no relationship to Axel Rudakubana and sent their 'deepest sympathies' to everyone impacted.

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They said: "Our deepest sympathies go out to everyone impacted by this shocking case, and we have removed the video from all of our platforms out of respect to them." The promotional video is understood to have been filmed in Blackpool, and at the time, Radakubana was on the books of Ology Kids Casting, an agency based in nearby Ormskirk in Lancashire. On Thursday night, the agency deleted a series of Facebook posts about Axel's budding acting career, reports the MailOnline.

Radakubana, who was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents, was said to have keen on singing during his school years and was part of the local church choir. He is reported to have joined drama group at his school to meet friends, and eventually performed on a West End show at London's Shaftesbury Theatre.

Axel Rudakubana, 17, is accused of murdering Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, at a dance studio in Southport, Merseyside. He is also accused of