The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced that there will be a public inquiry after Sir Keir Starmer has said that he will leave “no stone unturned” in uncovering the truth about how Axel Rudakubana slipped through the net of security services
Rudakubana in an unexpected development pleaded guilty to all charges at the start of what was expected to be a four week trial at Liverpool Crown Court
A spokesperson for Starmer made clear the Prime Minister believes there had been a failure of the state in protecting the children, noting there were “grave questions to answer.”
Rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murder of Six-year old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar and the attempted murder of ten others. at a dance class in Southport last July
More details of past have been released including the fact that his father could well have prevented a high school massacre just one week before his son went on to kill three young girls at a dance class in Southport
Rudakubana had booked a taxi to take him to the school he was expelled from on July 22, wearing a green hooded sweatshirt and surgical mask but his father persuaded him not to take the taxi
Details of Rudakubana‘s troubled history has also been revealed
Aged 13, he brought a knife to the school premises, leading to his suspension but Hr returned with a hockey stick hidden in his backpack and attacked pupils before being restrained by a teacher.
In another incident, pupils filmed him attempting to attack a teacher during a lesson, requiring three classmates to restrain him.
Teachers at his subsequent specialist school within Sefton borough were concerned about his behaviour and violence towards others.
