GUILTY UK- Major incident declared in Southport after multiple stabbings, 29 July 2024

[Dotta]

"The Prince and Princess of Wales
met privately this morning with the grieving parents of tragic stabbing victim Elsie Dot Stancombe
during a visit to her former school in Southport.



The Princess of Wales meets children from Farnborough Road Infant and Junior School,
where Elsie Dot Stancombe was a pupil.



The Princess told pupils today:

'I’m very impressed with all of you and all the hard work you’re doing.
What a fantastic thing to learn to raise money to help other people.
Keep up your hard work'."

Kate joins William to visit primary school in Southport

The Prince and Princess of Wales have sat down for an emotional conversation with the parents of two of the girls brutally murdered in the Southport attack.

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[Lucy6226]

Southport killer's taxi driver 'waited 50 minutes' to call 999

Gary Poland, who picked Rudakubana up from his home in Banks, Lancashire, on July 29 last year, took nearly an hour to call 999 despite hearing children scream.

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The taxi driver who drove Axel Rudakubana to the children's dance class where he carried out the Southport knife attack waited 50 minutes before calling the police, an inquiry has heard.

Gary Poland, who picked Rudakubana up from his home in Banks, Lancashire, took nearly an hour to call 999 despite hearing children scream and seeing them fleeing the massacre in his rearview mirror as he drove away.

When the taxi driver did eventually call 999, he was heard telling the operator: 'I heard screaming, proper screaming.'

Honestly, I think the poor man was in shock and probably needed to process what he saw, because why would you think that a random dude would go in and stab a load of children. It's unthinkable. I'm trying no to judge his actions.

The enquiry stated it made no difference to the police response as they were called straight away by the teacher.

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1970890181440938225

 

[worldwatcher]

DBM (double post)

 

[worldwatcher]

Axel Rudakubana: Southport killer asked crossbow sellers about age verification when he was 15, inquiry told

(stolen ID??)
"Axel Rudakubana went on to buy three machetes using stolen ID and two kitchen knives, one of which he used in the attack."

"In the end, Rudakubana, who is now aged 19, did not place any orders for crossbows and two of the three machetes were intercepted by his parents, the inquiry was told."

SBM

Axel Rudakubana: Southport killer asked crossbow sellers about age verification when he was 15, inquiry told

" The inquiry heard that, when purchasing the machete, the killer used a driving licence which belonged to a man who was in his 60s and living in Uxbridge as age verification."
Southport attacker bought 'ferocious' machete online inquiry told

 

[Dotta]

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"Assistant Chief Constable Mark Winstanley of Lancashire police
told the inquiry into the killings:
'Sadly,
there are other children out there with similar interests and behaviours that Axel Rudakubana displayed.'

The officer said there was a
'real challenge in managing children's mental health'
and children's mental health services, were 'working extremely hard,
doing their best, but are overburdened'.

He warned of a group of children who
have 'got what appears to be completely unregulated access to the internet,
where at the click of a button,
they can see the most horrific and horrendous incidents'.

'They can go online and purchase things, which, frankly, I see no legitimate purpose for - crossbows and machetes',
the officer added."

 

[dotr]

Oct. 9, 2025 rbbm.

Southport killer referral ‘would have continued if officer saw internet history’

Ps Carmen Thompson of Counter Terrorism Policing North West gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall on Thursday.

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''A police sergeant has told an inquiry that she would not have closed the Southport killer’s first referral to the government’s anti-terror programme if she had seen his internet search history.''

''The referral included details that he had brought a knife to his previous school on 10 occasions; that he was found searching school shootings in America during an ICT lesson; and that he questioned why he could colour in Call of Duty images during an art lesson but could not look at guns on the internet before requesting a “picture of a severed head”.

''She told Liverpool Town Hall that she had not been aware that the investigation into Rudakubana’s school browsing history found he had searched for images of degloving injuries and glue guns.''

 

[Skigh]

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana assessed as posing no risk to others six days before attack

Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice da Silva Aguiar and Bebe King were killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July last year by Axel Rudakubana, who was later jailed for a minimum of 52 years.

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The form, filled in by CAMHS case manager Kathryn Morris on 23 July last year, noted that Rudakubana could be verbally abusive to his father, Alphonse Rudakubana, and had thrown his phone during a video call.

Another document from the same date, called a Child Young Person (CYP) current view, recorded: "Poses risk to others: None."

Mr Moss asked CAMHS clinical lead Dr Vicky Killen: "How far short of acceptable was this assessment of risk, six days before the attack?"

She replied: "Yes, it is unacceptable. There was risk on the record and it should have been recorded in this form."

 

[Skigh]

Southport killer was most sinister pupil, teacher says

Joanne Hodson worked at The Acorns School, in Ormskirk, where Axel Rudakubana was enrolled aged 13 after being expelled from mainstream education for taking a knife into classes.

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A headteacher today described the Southport killer as ‘sinister, unpredictable and the most unusual’ pupil she had ever encountered in her career.

Axel Rudakubana was enrolled at The Acorns School, in Ormskirk, Lancashire, aged 13, after being expelled from mainstream education for taking a knife into classes.

Headteacher Joanne Hodson told the public inquiry investigating his crimes that, from his first day, she realised the teenager was ‘very high risk'.
Ms Hodson described a ‘memorable’ first meeting when she asked Rudakubana why he had taken a knife into his previous comprehensive.

'He looked me in the eyes and said "to use it",' she said. 'This is the only time in my career that a pupil has said this to me or behaved in a manner so devoid of any remorse.'

She said she was surprised that his parents, who were also at the meeting, 'didn’t flinch' at that comment and simply accepted his explanation.

They believed their son was a 'good boy' whose bad behaviour was a consequence of him being previously bullied and his actions were 'someone else’s fault', Ms Hodson said.
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However later, Ms Hodson said, she agreed to remove the word ‘sinister’ and comments referring to Rudakubana as ‘cold and calculating’ from an education plan after mental health workers accused her of racially profiling ‘a black boy with a knife.’