Home Secretary announces inquiry into how Rudakubana ‘came to be so dangerous’

The Home Secretary has announced determination volition a nationalist enquiry into however Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana “came to beryllium truthful dangerous” and wherefore Prevent “failed to place the unspeakable risk” helium posed to others.

Yvette Cooper confirmed the 18-year-old had “contact with a scope of antithetic authorities agencies passim his teenage years” earlier carrying retired his “meticulously planned rampage” astatine a Taylor Swift-themed creation class.

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; Bebe King, six; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven; died pursuing the onslaught successful The Hart Space connected a tiny concern parkland successful the seaside municipality soon earlier midday connected July 29.

The suspect admitted their murders connected Monday, arsenic good arsenic the attempted murders of 8 different children, who cannot beryllium named for ineligible reasons, people teacher Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.

Ms Cooper said successful a statement: “He was referred 3 times to the Prevent programme betwixt December 2019 and April 2021 aged 13 and 14.

“He besides had interaction with the police, the courts, the Youth Justice system, societal services and intelligence wellness services.

“Yet betwixt them, those agencies failed to place the unspeakable hazard and information to others that helium posed.”

But we besides request much autarkic answers connected some Prevent and each the different agencies that came into interaction with this highly convulsive teen arsenic good arsenic answers connected however helium came to beryllium truthful dangerous, including done a nationalist enquiry that tin get to the information astir what happened and what needs to change

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

Announcing the nationalist inquiry, the Home Secretary added: “Although, successful enactment with CPS proposal to sphere the integrity of the prosecution, we were constrained successful what we were capable to accidental astatine the time, the Home Office commissioned an urgent Prevent Learning Review during the summertime into the 3 referrals that took spot and wherefore they were closed.

“We volition people further details this week, alongside caller reforms to the Prevent programme.

“But we besides request much autarkic answers connected some Prevent and each the different agencies that came into interaction with this highly convulsive teen arsenic good arsenic answers connected however helium came to beryllium truthful dangerous, including done a nationalist enquiry that tin get to the information astir what happened and what needs to change.”