3 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's parents could face criminal charges after testifying

Merseyside Police have confirmed they will be "obtaining full transcripts" from the testimony Alphonse Rudakubana and Laetitia Muzayire gave to the public inquiry last week

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17 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's parents could yet face criminal charges

Evidence given by Axel Rudakubana's parents at the Southport public inquiry, which got underway in April, will be examined by Merseyside Police, the force has confirmed

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46 h. ago Teens arrested over alleged plots to copy Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana's crimes

Two teen boys, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, were arrested for attempting to carry out 'copycat crimes' of Axel Rudakubana.

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48 h. ago Two teenagers arrested over 'plot to copy Southport child killer's crimes'

Two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, from Merseyside and South Wales, have been arrested for allegedly planning to emulate Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's horrific murders

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6 d. ago Hundreds of children under 10 referred to counter terror scheme, chilling data shows

Home Office data reveals the number of referrals to the Prevent counter-terrorism programme were the highest on record in the year to March following failings in the case of Southport killer Axel Rudakubana

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7 d. ago Axel Rudakubana's dad reveals Southport killer son 'actively hated him'

Alphonse Rudakubana told an inquiry that his son's behaviour deteriorated over a very short period between Year 8 and the start of Year 9.

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7 d. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's reign of terror from dad 'hatred' to fears he'd kill parents

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. As the brother and father of mass murderer Axel Rudakubana give evidence at the Liverpool Town Hall inquiry, the Mirror takes a look at the teenage killer's family life

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7 d. ago BREAKING: Southport killer's dad reveals major fear that stopped him reporting violence

Alphonse Rudakubana, the father of Southport killer Axel, said he felt concerned that the teenager was going to be taken away from him

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7 d. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana likened to 'sociopathic movie murderer' by brother

Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced last year to 52 years behind bars for the 'savage' murders of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine

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2 w. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana showed sympathy to Taliban terrorists but social workers failed to tell the police and did not consider him an extremist, inquiry hears

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana questioned whether the public's view of the Taliban was unfair with social workers who failed to tell police, an inquiry into the attack has heard. 

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2 w. ago Former sheriff’s deputy charged with murder of Sonya Massey testifies his ‘actions matched threat level’

Sean Grayson claims he shot Massey in self-defense after she told him she would ‘rebuke him in the name of Jesus’

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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