3 h. ago Parents of Southport killer knew their son was ordering knives online before the attack, inquiry hears

Fingerprints belonging to Axel Rudakubana 's mother were discovered on packaging of the knife he used to murder three young girls at the Taylor Swift dance class.

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5 h. ago Southport killer thought to have viewed teen stabbing footage shortly before attack

‘Sobering and concerning’ that Axel Rudakubana had searched X for Australia knife attack, inquiry toldA lawyer said it was “sobering and concerning” that the Southport attacker probably viewed footage on social media of a stabbing in Australia by a teenage boy just 40 minutes before carrying out his own crimes.An inquiry is being held into the circumstances and events leading up to the attack by Axel Rudakubana, then 17, on 29 July 2024 in which he murdered three young girls and attempted to murder eight children and two adults. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Parents of Southport killer thought he had ‘gone for a walk’, inquiry hears

Counsel to the inquiry Nicholas Moss KC said the killer’s family would be a ‘significant’ topic for the inquiry.

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31 h. ago Mother of Southport victim 'surviving by a thread' after pain of her daughter's death

The mother of a young girl murdered in the Southport attack today sobbed as she demanded 'real change and accountability' so her daughter's death 'is not in vain.'

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31 h. ago Mother of Southport attack victim tells inquiry how her life was 'ripped apart' after stabbing rampage

The mother of a girl murdered in the Southport attack sobbed as she told the public inquiry that she had 'lost everything' and demanded: 'I need to understand how this happened.'

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5 d. ago ‘I hear the screams, I see the blood’ – Southport survivor tells of nightmares

The teenager, the oldest child to be attacked, addressed the public inquiry into the attack on Thursday.

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5 d. ago 'I still have nightmares, I hear the screams, I see the blood'

One girl has told the public inquiry into the Southport attack how 'just another happy day' turned into a 'living nightmare'

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7 d. ago ‘Did people not love him?’ Girl stabbed in Southport attack asked mother ‘what made attacker so angry?’

Another mother said her children had showed ‘a level of bravery no child should ever need to show’ as they protected each other from killer Axel Rudakubana

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7 d. ago Bravery of girls who protected each other in Southport attack praised at inquiry

Parents gave impact evidence to the Southport Inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday.

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8 d. ago Doomsday cult mum Lori Vallow sends chilling prison message to surviving son after kids’ murders

Convicted killer tells son Colby she “loves him no matter what” and quotes Bible verse after being jailed for murdering children Tylee, 16, and JJ, 7.

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8 d. ago Doomsday cult mum killer Lori Vallow sends son cryptic message during crime con

Lori Vallow Daybell, the doomsday zombie cult mum who was found guilty of the murder of her children, Tylee Ryan, 16 and Joshua 'JJ' Vallow, seven, sent her surviving son Colby an eerie message

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8 d. ago Parents collecting children saw ‘true horror’, Southport Inquiry told

The public inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall heard evidence from parents and a businessman who confronted the killer during the attacks last year.

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8 d. ago Southport parents hope to 'uncover truth' so no other family faces their hell

The Southport Inquiry chaired by barrister Sir Adrian Fulford wil resume at Liverpool Town Hall with more harrowing stories from the surviving children

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2 w. ago ‘My son was everything you are not’, mother tells killer of ex

Elias Morgan shot Lenny Scott outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire.

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3 w. ago Heartbroken parents call for help to find son’s Notting Hill Carnival killer

Takayo Nembhard, 21, was stabbed to death surrounded by several hundred people under the Westway flyover in 2022

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3 w. ago Parents call for help to find son’s Notting Hill Carnival killer

Takayo Nembhard, 21, was stabbed to death surrounded by several hundred people on Monday August 29 2022, under the Westway flyover in west London.

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