The claim echoes other posts over recent months which make various claims about the timing of both events
A former chairman of the Conservative Party has made the bizarre claims that the beginning of Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana’s trial was scheduled on the same day as Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration as “a calculated and cynical move by the Labour Government to ‘bury bad news’ behind international headlines”.
The claim echoes other social media posts over recent months which make various claims about the timing of both events on the same day.
The claim made by Sir Jake Berry can be proven as false as the trial date is set by the courts, not the Government. The trial was scheduled months before Mr Trump’s victory in the US presidential election.
The trial date was set for January 20 2025 during a hearing on August 1 2024 by Honorary Recorder of Liverpool Andrew Menary KC – the judge who allowed Rudakubana’s name to be published despite him being under 18 at the time he was charged.
This was more than three months before the US presidential election was held on November 5.
While it was not known at the time the trial date was set that Mr Trump would become the next president, the US inauguration ceremony always takes place on January 20, or on January 21 if the 20th is a Sunday.
Trial schedules are set by the courts, never by the Government.
The Government’s website states: “If the defendant pleads not guilty to the crime the court will need to arrange a trial...
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