Just listened to Starmer's weasel words on the BBC news earlier about this case. The police were prevented from rapidly giving out more information on the killer in case it meant he would not receive a fair trial. If they had been allowed to explain that he was not an illegal immigrant but born and raised in the UK, this could have prevented the subsequent riots. When they did release the info, it was too late.

The bloke was caught red-handed (literally, with blood on his hands) . This is part of the media report at the time:

The first police officer arrived to find Rudakubana at the top of the stairs holding a large, bloodied kitchen knife, which he dropped. He was standing over the body of Bebe King. Police then found little Elsie's body inside the building. Police found Ms Liddle and a girl she had protected hiding in the toilets, both crying in fear.

Even if the guy had pleaded not guilty at the trial, how on earth could any jury acquit him with the weight of such evidence against him? It wouldn't matter a tinker's cuss if they already knew where he was born!

As Charles Dicken's character Sam Weller famously said “then the law is an ass”. The law regarding contempt needs serious revision!