Every missed chance to stop Southport killer who was reported to cops SIX times before murdering three girls in atrocity
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AXEL Rudakubana was reported to police SIX times before committing mass murder. Taylor Swift fans Bebe King, six, Eslie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Da silva Aguiar, nine, died after being attacked by the deranged teenager as they made friendship bracelets in a Taylor Swift yoga workshop on July 29 last year.
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Lancashire Police first received a report concerning the 18-year-old in 2019 - four years before he killed three little girls at the Hart Space in Southport. Four calls were from his parents calling from the family home in Banks, Lancashire, who were worried about his behaviour.
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One report was received from Childline after Rudakubana made concerning comments to them about plans to take a knife into class, and another was from his school. All calls to the force were between October 2019 and May 2022. The most recent was from his school regarding a welfare check as he hadn’t attended since March 2023.
On May 14, 2022, his family called cops because his behaviour “escalated” when he was refused access to a computer. Just two months earlier, his mum had reported him missing. Enquiries revealed he’d taken a knife onto a bus and refused to pay his fare.
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Cops gave advice to his parents and a child referral order was made to MASH. His family called cops again on November 30, 2021, when he kicked his dad and damaged his car, but his father didn’t want to prosecute. Earlier that month, Rudakubana became distressed when a neighbour knocked on his door and a referral was made to MASH.
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