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Southport attack yoga teacher: ‘If I didn’t get out, everyone was going to die’
A yoga teacher who almost died in the Southport attack has described for the first time the desperate moments when she helped several children run to safety, despite having been stabbed five times. Leanne Lucas told BBC Panorama how she called 999 as the attacker chased after them. “I just knew that if I didn’t…
Southport killer’s referral to counter-terror scheme closed too early, review finds
The Prevent counter-terrorism scheme “prematurely” closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children in Southport, a government review has found. Security minister Dan Jarvis MP told the House of Commons Rudakubana had already discussed the Manchester Arena bombing and stabbing people when Prevent decided to end its…
How the Southport attack unfolded, as told by survivors
“The dance club was full of laughter and excitement,” is how one girl, 14, described the atmosphere as a group of 26 children gathered for a Taylor Swift-themed class in Southport. Their summer holidays had just begun and the sun was shining down on the town as they were dropped off by their parents. As…
‘Evil’ Southport killer jailed for a minimum of 52 years
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to a minimum of 52 years for the “sadistic” murders of three young girls in an attack described as “shocking” and “pure evil”. Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, died while eight other children and two adults – dance class leader…
How red flags over Southport killer were repeatedly missed
Axel Rudakubana did not appear out of the blue. By the time he carried out the brutal murders of three young girls, the teenager was well known to police, anti-extremism authorities and a number of other public agencies. But despite repeated concerns about Rudakubana’s taste for violence, there was only ever limited intervention. The government…
Tougher checks on knife sales fast-tracked after Southport attack
People trying to buy knives online will face tougher measures to prove their age under new restrictions being brought forward in the wake of the Southport knife attack. Axel Rudakubana, who has admitted murdering three young girls last July, bought a knife from Amazon when he was just 17, despite existing laws which prohibit the…
Southport killer admitted carrying a knife more than 10 times
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana admitted carrying a knife more than 10 times but was still able to buy a blade on Amazon, the home secretary has said. Yvette Cooper said public bodies “completely failed to identify the terrible danger that he posed” as his obsession with extreme violence developed in the years before the attack.…
Father stopped Southport killer from going to former school a week before attack
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was prevented from returning to his former school a week before he stabbed three young girls to death in July last year, the BBC understands. Rudakubana’s father pleaded with a taxi driver not to take him to Range High School, which he was expelled from five years earlier, on 22 July.…
‘Key architect’ of riots after Southport attack jailed for seven and a half years
Andrew McIntyre, who pleaded guilty to encouraging violent disorder, was motivated by racial hatred, says judge A man described as a leading organiser of last summer’s riots has been jailed for seven and a half years for using social media to encourage people to take part in the disorder. Andrew McIntyre, 39, set up a…
Man jailed over social posts after Southport attack
A taxi driver whose social media posts were a “catalyst” for riots which broke out after three girls were stabbed at a dance class in Southport has been jailed seven and a half years. Andrew McIntyre, 39, set up a Telegram channel called “Southport Wake Up” in the immediate aftermath of the knife attack in…