23 h. ago Headteacher removed word 'sinister' from Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's education plan after mental health workers accused her of racially profiling 'a black boy with a knife'

Axel Rudakubana was enrolled at The Acorns School, in Ormskirk, Lancashire, aged 13, after being expelled from mainstream education for taking a knife into classes.

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26 h. ago Southport killer's headteacher says 'sinister' pupil was 'building up to something'

As the inquiry into the Southport stabbings continue, the headteacher of the school Axel Rudakubana attended said that she had seen him acting suspiciously several times

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28 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was the most sinister pupil I've ever seen, says his teacher

Joanne Hodson worked at The Acorns School, in Ormskirk, where Axel Rudakubana was enrolled aged 13 after being expelled from mainstream education for taking a knife into classes.

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29 h. ago Southport killer's headteacher says he was 'sinister, unpredictable and most unusual' pupil she'd ever seen

Joanne Hodson worked at The Acorns School, in Ormskirk, where Axel Rudakubana was enrolled aged 13 after being expelled from mainstream education for taking a knife into classes.

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30 h. ago Head of Southport attacker’s former school tells inquiry of ‘sense of dread’

Axel Rudakubana attended a pupil referral unit after being excluded from school for carrying knives.

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50 h. ago Southport attacker’s father called him ‘good boy’ after school knife incident

The Southport Inquiry heard from Axel Rudakubana’s former headteacher on Wednesday.

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54 h. ago Southport attacker ‘should have been assessed under Mental Health Act’

Consultant psychiatrist Dr Tina Irani gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry about the treatment given to Axel Rudakubana.

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3 d. ago Southport killer's 'risk to others' was not properly assessed and he was signed off by mental health services just six days before attack, inquiry hears

The public inquiry investigating Axel Rudakubana's crimes today heard it was 'unacceptable' that he was signed off with such an inadequate assessment.

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3 d. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's teacher warned NHS of 'serious safeguarding concerns'

Axel Rudakubana's deputy headteacher had emailed the autism service warning them about her grave concerns including an incident where the teen was found searching school shootings online

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3 d. ago Southport Inquiry hears of £5 bet offered on what would happen to attacker

Witnesses from health services gave evidence to the hearing on Tuesday.

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3 d. ago Southport inquiry hears of delays in attacker’s autism diagnosis

Axel Rudakubana’s teacher contacted the autism service to say they needed help, the Southport Inquiry heard.

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4 d. ago Southport killer judged to pose no risk to others just days before attack

Rudakubana, then 17, was discharged from Alder Hey Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) on July 23 last year.

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4 d. ago Southport killer assessed as posing no risk to others six days before attack

Axel Rudakubana was discharged from Alder Hey Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services on July 23 last year.

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4 d. ago Psychiatrist says Southport killer's parents 'manipulated' information about violent past

Dr Anthony Molyneux said Axel Rudakubana's parents had 'stage managed' their son's violent past when the teenager was referred to child mental health services

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4 d. ago Southport Inquiry hears how attacker's psychiatrist hadn't read notes on violent past

Axel Rudakubana was discharged from CAMHS days before he carried out the attack with his risk to others described as 'minimal'

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4 d. ago Southport attacker’s psychiatrist had not read notes on past violence – inquiry

Dr Anthony Molyneux said it would have been ‘impossible’ to review Axel Rudakubana’s complete patient record.

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1 week ago Three machetes. Two bows. Four grenades. How Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's parents let him build an arsenal of weapons in the family home

To the DPD driver who knocked on the door of 10 Old School Close, in Banks, Lancashire, shortly after midday on June 14, 2023, it was just another delivery.

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2 w. ago Southport killer called Manchester Arena bombing 'a good battle', inquiry told

He also attacked a boy with a hockey stick

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2 w. ago Southport inquiry: Terror referral 'would have continued if cop saw search history'

A first referral for Axel Rudakubana, who killed three young girls in Southport, to the government's anti-terror programme was made by his school in 2019, an inquiry heard

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2 w. ago Southport killer referral ‘would have continued if officer saw internet history’

Ps Carmen Thompson of Counter Terrorism Policing North West gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall on Thursday.

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