PETER HITCHENS: A crazy person can kill you in a few seconds with a pen, a screwdriver or a chair leg. We must stop ignoring the REAL reason that drives the likes of Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana to violence

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 19:53 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Most of us never have struck and never will strike another adult with our fists, let alone wield a weapon. But a dangerous, crazy person can kill you in a few seconds with a ballpoint pen.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s case closed ‘prematurely’ by Prevent, MPs told – UK politics live

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 17:03 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Southport killer was referred to Prevent three times but there was sufficient concern case should have been kept active

This is from Max Kendix from the Times.

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Southport killer Axel Rudakubana should have been treated as a terror threat by Prevent which 'prematurely' closed his case despite his interest in Manchester Arena attack, Home Office review finds

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 17:03 UTC

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Dan Jarvis MP told MPs today that Rudakubana had already discussed the Manchester Arena bombing and stabbing people when Prevent closed his case.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper considers call by Idris Elba to ban kitchen knives with pointed ends ahead of report into terror threat posed by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 12:14 UTC

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The Home Secretary commented on the suggestion as she prepared to publish the findings of a review into the handling of Axel Rudakubana by Prevent.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana refuses to leave his cell as judge corrects 'technical error' in teenager's 52 year sentence for stabbing three girls to death

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 11:24 UTC

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Axel Rudakubana, 18, was resentenced to detention at His Majesty's Pleasure over the horrific murders on Merseyside last summer.

Furious Yvette Cooper slams 'disgraceful' social media sites for STILL failing to delete violent videos viewed by killer Axel Rudakubana just before evil Southport murders

found 2025 › Feb › 02 (Sun) @ 11:53 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

In the wake of Axel Rudakubana's sentencing, the Government reminded tech firms of their 'moral responsibility' to act on violent content on their platforms.

After Southport, Westminster is floundering. It should look to Idris Elba | Martin Kettle

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 06:47 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The Home Office has some good ideas, but a documentary on knife crime by the actor offers the template for a new approach

The list of painful questions left behind for a wounded Britain by the trauma …

Southport attack: families not told for six months about killer’s Prevent referrals

found 2025 › Jan › 28 (Tue) @ 16:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Police knew Axel Rudakubana had been referred three times after his arrest last July

The families of those killed or wounded in the Southport attack were not told for six months that the killer had re…

Children's commissioner reveals the driving factors which caused young people to get involved in the 2024 summer riots - after Axel Rudakubana's horrific Southport murders

found 2025 › Jan › 28 (Tue) @ 06:04 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Dame Rachel de Souza's office spoke to around a fifth of the children charged over the trouble which broke out in the aftermath of the murders of three girls in Southport.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana may have targeted girls at Taylor Swift dance due to 'incel' hatred of women, classmates fear as it is claimed father refused to introduce him to family friend

found 2025 › Jan › 27 (Mon) @ 14:26 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Rudakubana, 18, was last week sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 52 years for the murders of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29.