Government engaging with Southport families ahead of Prevent learning review
Government engaging with Southport families ahead of Prevent learning review
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The Government is engaging with the families of the Southport attack victims ahead of a Prevent review into its dealings with Axel Rudakubana, Downing Street has said. The Sunday Times reported at the weekend that the Prevent learning review will criticise counter-terrorism officers for failing to properly take into account Rudakubana’s obsession with extreme violence when it is released, the Sunday Times has reported.
The 18-year-old was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years last week – one of the highest minimum terms on record – for murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a dance class in Southport on July 29 last year.
He also attempted to murder eight other children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, as well as class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes. Asked whether the review will be published this week, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said on Monday: “You’ll recognise that the families of the victims of the terrible attack have a significant amount to absorb after such a traumatic week.
“We’re fully committed to publishing the findings from the Prevent learning review as soon as possible, but we’re taking time to engage with the families, to consider their views.”. Three separate referrals were made to the Government’s anti-terror programme, Prevent, about Rudakubana’s behaviour in the years before the attack, as well as six separate calls to police.
