5 d. ago Southport killer inquired about buying crossbows online in 'discreet packaging' when he was just 15, inquiry hears

Axel Rudakubana asked two firms if the weapons would be concealed in plain parcels and if he needed to prove he was over 18 when they were delivered.

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1 week ago Taxi driver who took Southport killer to scene regrets not helping, inquiry told

Gary Poland gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Southport killer was discharged from mental health services six days before attack, inquiry hears

Chronology of Axel Rudakubana’s engagement with Camhs published and inquiry hears statement from killer’s brotherAxel Rudakubana was discharged from mental health services six days before he murdered three young girls and stabbed several others at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport, it has emerged.The inquiry into the atrocity was told on Wednesday that a risk assessment was undertaken on Rudakubana, then 17, a week before the attack in July last year. Its findings have not been disclosed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Southport killer ‘could and should have been stopped’, inquiry hears

The public inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall raises questions about role of the killer’s parents and state agencies.

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2 w. ago Southport killer’s brother asks whether attack could have been prevented

Dion Rudakubana tells inquiry his younger brother, Axel, became ‘progressively more isolated’ after school expulsion The brother of the Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has asked a public inquiry to determine whether officials could have stopped his sibling causing “the most immense pain, anguish and grief”.In his first public comments since the attack last July, Dion Rudakubana said his younger brother had become “progressively more isolated” after being expelled from school in October 2019. Continue reading...

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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3 w. ago ‘Cowardly’ Southport killer targeted women and girls, inquiry hears

Axel Rudakubana’s attack on a class of young girls was ‘extremely cowardly’.

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3 w. ago Terrifying moment teacher hid in toilet with child inches from Southport killer

Heidi Liddle broke down in tears and described the terrifying moment she hid from killer Axel Rudakabana to the Southport inquiry at a hearing in Liverpool Town Hall on Wednesday

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