Reform UK MPs Lee Anderson and Rupert Lowe have both backed reintroducing the death penalty in the UK for Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana following his sentencing, the Daily Express reports.

18-year-old Rudakubana was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years by Judge Goose.

While the Judge insisted it is a strong enough sentence so that it is unlikely the killer will never see freedom, he was unable to impose a Whole Life Sentence—life without the opportunity of parole—because Rudakubana was under 18 at the time he committed the horrific murders.

Speaking to the Daily Express following the sentencing, two Reform UK MPs have now said the brutal killer’s fate does not go far enough, demanding a return to the death penalty.

Justice Goose sentenced the Southport killer to a minimum term of 52 years behind bars. The judge said the murderer was likely to die in jail for the "sadistic" murder of three young girls.

The 18-year-old was sentenced in his absence at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday after indicating he would be “disruptive” if he was present in the courtroom.

The last instance of capital punishment in the UK took place in August 1964, when Gwynne Evans and Peter Allen were executed for murder.