Grandfather of girl knifed by Axel Rudakubana accuses Keir Starmer of 'protecting himself'

The gramps of a young miss who survived being stabbed by Axel Rudakubana has accused Labour person Sir Keir Starmer of prioritising governmental self-preservation implicit transparency and accountability.

Speaking retired astir the harrowing onslaught past July successful Southport, which claimed the lives of 3 children and near their families shattered, the gramps criticised the authorities and governmental leaders for failing to forestall the calamity and withholding captious information.

Rudakubana, whose history of convulsive behaviour and troubling obsessions was well-documented, had been referred to the Prevent anti-extremism programme 3 times earlier the attack.

He was besides nether the ticker of intelligence wellness services, children’s societal care, and the younker justness system.

Despite these interventions, the 19-year-old was capable to transportation retired the brutal attack, leaving the assemblage to grapple with the devastating consequences.

“There were excessively galore missed opportunities,” the gramps told Daily Mail. “Organizations were not communicating with each other, and governmental correctness seemed to instrumentality precedence implicit addressing the existent menace helium posed.”

The gramps pointed to Rudakubana’s expulsion from schoolhouse for carrying a weapon and consequent convulsive behaviour arsenic wide informing signs that were ignored.

Adding to the families’ vexation was the hold successful revealing that Rudakubana was successful possession of ricin, a deadly biologic toxin, and the information helium had downloaded an Al Qaeda grooming manual.

These revelations were lone made nationalist months later, successful October, fueling suspicions of a deliberate cover-up. The gramps alleged that higher-level governmental forces suppressed the accusation to negociate nationalist perception.

In an adsress this week, the Prime Minister said helium could not uncover this accusation arsenic helium did not privation to hazard the illness of the consequent trial

Rudakubana was not charged with coercion due to the fact that determination was not capable grounds to substantiate that helium was motivated by an ideology, but the Prime curate yesterday acknowledged that 'terrorism has changed'.

Prime Minister Starmer said the instrumentality whitethorn request to beryllium changed to correspond the information posed by 'misfit' men.

“We were told not to speech astir it,” helium said. “It became wide that idiosyncratic supra Merseyside Police and the CPS intervened to support the information hidden.”

The gramps reserved immoderate of his harshest disapproval for Sir Keir, accusing him of failing to face the world of the incident. “He chose to support himself alternatively than let the information astir the slayer to travel retired earlier,” helium said.

“We were pushed speech and forgotten.”

When Sir Keir visited Southport soon aft the attack, his motion of laying flowers was met with hostility from grieving families and a disillusioned community.

The grandfather, who watched the country unfold from his granddaughter’s infirmary bed, described the sojourn arsenic hollow. “He didn’t perceive to us. It felt similar an bare gesture.”

The gramps welcomed the announcement of a nationalist enquiry but made it wide that symbolic gestures and platitudes would not suffice. “We don’t privation to perceive thoughts and prayers oregon promises of ‘lessons learned.’ We request factual enactment and the dismissal of everyone who failed successful their duty.”

He besides highlighted the affectional toll the onslaught has taken connected the broader community, calling for much broad enactment for extended household members who are grappling with trauma. “Step-parents, aunties, uncles, and grandparents person each been near to conflict connected their own.”

The gramps praised King Charles for his idiosyncratic engagement with affected families during a backstage gathering successful August. “He spent implicit an hr and spoke to everyone. It showed america that immoderate radical successful positions of powerfulness bash care.”

As the assemblage awaits the result of the nationalist inquiry, the grandfather’s impassioned plea underscores the request for systemic changes to forestall akin tragedies. “This has massively affected america all,” helium said. “We merit accountability, not excuses.”