2 w. 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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2 w. ago Man United icon Paul Scholes shares heartfelt family update after quitting TV work to care for son

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes announced last month that he had quit television punditry in order to care for his severely autistic adult son, Aiden

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Southport killer's parents could yet face criminal charges as police confirm they are examining evidence given at Rudakubana public inquiry

Merseyside police said they would be 'obtaining full transcripts' of the hearings from last week, when Axel Rudakubana's parents spent two days in the witness box.

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2 w. ago Welsh teen charged with planning to copy crimes of Southport killer

He has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in January

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Two teenagers arrested over alleged plans to copy Southport child killer's crimes

Two boys were arrested for attempting to carry out 'copycat crimes'

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Two teenagers arrested after planning to ‘copy Axel Rudakubana’s Southport attack with rampages on dance schools’

TWO teenagers are understood to have been arrested in separate “copycat” cases after allegedly trying to emulate the Southport killer. The boys, aged 17 and 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, planned attacks on schools and dance school, according to The Times. Neither has been charged with preparing terrorist acts, as prosecutors do...

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3 w. ago Family of Southport victim stabbed 33 times after being dragged back inside dance studio condemn killer's 'neglectful' and 'cowardly' parents for their 'failures' in stopping attack

Child C1, as the girl is known to protect her anonymity, attempted to flee the Taylor Swift-themed dance class before Axel Rudakubana dragged her back inside and stabbed her 33 times.

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3 w. ago Parents of Southport victims say killer's parents 'should be held accountable' for failings

Elsie Stancombe, 7, Bebe King, 6, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, were murdered in July 2024

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3 w. ago Southport killer's parents 'desperately sorry' as they make tearful apology to victims' families

Axel Rudakubana's father said he was 'so ashamed' as he addressed bereaved families at the public inquiry into the attack

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3 w. ago Southport victims' outraged families slam 'shameful excuses' of killer's parents

The parents of three girls killed by Axel Rudakubana have said his parents should face accountability for their 'shameful' failures which allowed their son's evil to go 'unchecked'

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3 w. ago Southport inquiry: parents of victims call for killer’s parents to be ‘held to account’

The comments came after Alphonse Rudakubana tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to the danger posed by his sonThe parents of three girls murdered in the Southport attack have called for the killer’s parents to be “held to account for what they allowed to happen” after they gave dramatic testimony to a public inquiry.The bereaved families told Axel Rudakubana’s father they had “complete disdain for your excuses” after he tearfully apologised for failing to alert the police to his son’s weapons and another attempted attack days earlier. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Southport inquiry: killer’s parents must be ‘held to account’, say victims’ families

Call comes after Alphonse Rudakubana tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to the danger posed by his sonThe parents of three girls murdered in the Southport attack have called for the killer’s parents to be “held to account for what they allowed to happen” after they gave dramatic testimony to a public inquiry.The bereaved families told Axel Rudakubana’s father they had “complete disdain for your excuses” after he tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to his son’s weapons and another attempted attack days earlier. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Victims’ families call for Southport killer’s parents to be held to account

Axel Rudakubana’s mother and father gave evidence to the Liverpool Town Hall hearing on Thursday.

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3 w. ago Dad of Southport attacker says atrocity wouldn't have happened if he told police about machete

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The three young girls who died in the Southport tragedy could be alive today if the killer's dad had reported his son's machete, the father now admits

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3 w. ago Southport killer’s parents apologise to victim’s families at inquiry

Alphonse Rudakubana and Laetitia Muzayire gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry on Thursday.

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3 w. ago Southport killer's mother made 'zip it' gesture to father as he was on verge of telling support worker about Axel Rudakubana's troubling behaviour, inquiry told

Laetitia Muzayire, whose 17-year-old son Axel Rudakubana killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last July, told the hearing that her family has been left broken by what he did.

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3 w. ago Southport killer's mother says she's 'profoundly sorry' for 'failure' to stop the attack and feels 'grief and remorse for the children whose lives were taken'

Laetitia Muzayire, whose 17-year-old son Axel Rudakubana killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last July, told the hearing that her family has been left broken by what he did.

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