The United Kingdom government has rejected calls for a review of the jail sentence for a British teenager who stabbed to death three young girls at a dance class.
Attorney general Richard Hermer announced late Friday that the 52-year minimum term for Axel Rudakubana will not be referred to Britain鈥檚 court of appeal.
鈥楴o one would want the families to be put through an unnecessary further court process where there is no realistic legal basis for an increased sentence,鈥� he said in a statement.
Rudakubana received 13 life-terms last month for the three murders and ten attempted murders in Southport, northwestern England, last July.
Rudakubana pleaded guilty to killing Bebe King, aged six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar.
Viral misinformation that he was a Muslim asylum seeker sparked England鈥檚 worst anti-immigration riots in years last summer.
Rudakubana, 18, is a UK citizen, born in Cardiff to parents of Rwandan origin.
The teenager鈥檚 rampage at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class triggered a wave of revulsion in the UK, and after his sentencing there were calls for it to be reviewed for being too lenient.
鈥楾he 52-year sentence imposed by the judge was the second longest sentence imposed by the courts in English history,鈥� said Hermer.
鈥楻udakubana will likely never be released and will spend the rest of his life in jail.鈥�
Since Rudakubana was 17 at the time of the murders he was not eligible for a whole-life order without the possibility of parole, meaning a minimum sentence was necessary.
Some family members of the victims and MPs have called for the law to be changed.