45 h. ago Police feared Southport killer could be ‘terrorist’ five years before attack

Axel Rudakubana killed Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

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6 d. ago Southport killer sold machete by firm whose boss was cautioned over blades

Joseph Wheeler was free to head the company - which sold weapons used in at least two other murders - despite a police warning for marketing knives as 'suitable for combat'

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6 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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6 d. ago Southport killer 'tried to buy crossbows' aged just 15 – but it 'didn't cause concern'

An inquiry into the Southport killings found that not only was Axel Rudakubana obsessed with crossbows, he was trying to buy them several times when he was clearly underage

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7 d. ago Southport killer bought machete with ID of man in his 60s living 200 miles away

Earlier this month the inquiry heard how between January 2022 and October 2023, Rudakubana ordered a bow and arrow, two machetes and the ingredients to make the biological toxin ricin

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7 d. ago Director of website that sold machete to Southport killer showed no ‘curiosity’

Joseph Wheeler, managing director of Knife Warehouse, gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry on Tuesday.

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7 d. ago Knife retailer who sold 'Black Panther' machete to Southport killer admits he had 'no curiosity' about who he was supplying

The boss of a knife retailer which sold a 'fearsome' Black Panther machete to the Southport attacker has accepted he had 'no curiosity' about who he was supplying.

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1 week ago Southport killer’s taxi driver ‘regrets’ not helping victims as he admits taking another fare before calling police

THE Southport killer's taxi driver has admitted to taking another fare before calling police, confessing that he "regrets" not helping the victims. The driver who took Axel Rudakubana to the scene of the attack said he believed there was a gunman and he could be a target, as he explained why he drove away despite...

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1 week ago Southport killer’s taxi driver saw screaming children running ‘like a stampede’ from attack

The taxi driver who dropped Axel Rudakubana at the Hart Space said he ‘regretted’ not helping the children he saw fleeing the building

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1 week ago Southport killer's taxi driver took another fare before calling cops despite hearing screams

Giving evidence at Liverpool Town Hall, Mr Poland said he threatened to call the police when Rudakubana ignored his requests to pay, but thought he had gone to get money when he went into the building.

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1 week ago Southport killer’s taxi driver took another fare before calling the police

The taxi driver who dropped Axel Rudakubana at the Hart Space said he “regretted” not helping the children he saw fleeing the building

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1 week ago Taxi driver who dropped off Southport killer heard dying kids' screams but took another fare

One Call Taxis driver Gary Poland dropped Axel Rudakubana off at a Taylor Swift dance class around 11.44am but despite hearing harrowing screams, he left and didn't call police until 12.36pm

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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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1 week ago Southport killer's taxi driver admits he 'went into panic mode' and sped away from massacre despite hearing screams

Gary Poland, 56, told the public inquiry he thought he heard four or five loud bangs after dropping off Axel Rudakubana, 17, and assumed he had a gun and was shooting at people.

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1 week ago Southport killer's taxi driver took another fare before calling 999 – despite screams

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2 w. ago Southport killer's taxi driver 'waited 50 minutes' to call 999 despite hearing 'screaming' moments after dropping him off outside dance class, inquiry hears

Gary Poland, who picked Rudakubana up from his home in Banks, Lancashire, on July 29 last year, took nearly an hour to call 999 despite hearing children scream.

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2 w. ago Southport killer's 'targeting of women and girls' exposed in phone records

Analysis of Axel Rudakubana's Nokia phone reveals he 'specifically targeted women and girls' the Southport Inquiry into the mass attack has heard

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2 w. ago Southport killer saved dance party address in phone to 'remember where to go'

Axel Rudakubana, who horrifically stabbed three young girls to death in July last year at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party, had saved the location in Southport in his phone, an inquiry heard

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2 w. ago Hero police officer charged in to arrest Southport killer during knife rampage with just a baton despite being warned 'You need a f****** gun mate', inquiry hears

Sgt Greg Gillespie was warned by a member of the public who had come to the children's aid 'You need a f***** gun mate, that's doing nothing' before he went inside

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2 w. ago Brother of Southport killer asks if officials could have stopped his sibling going on knife rampage

Dion Rudakubana, 21, told the public inquiry investigating his younger brother Axel's crimes that he wanted to help it investigate if officials could have done more to prevent the atrocity.

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