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Southport killer's parents 'sorry' for failing to stop 'monster' son as victims' families say they should be held to account
Bereaved parents say the killer’s parents failed to act despite clear danger signs, directly contributing to the deaths of three children at a Southport event.
- At the Southport Inquiry, the victims' families demanded the killer's parents be held accountable for their failings after three girls were murdered on July 29, 2024.
- Jenni and David Stancombe told the inquiry that families said the killer's parents knew his behaviour was escalating in months, weeks, and days before the attack but did nothing.
- The killer's parents apologised via videolink, with Mr Rudakubana admitting he stopped his son taking a taxi and feared his 'small arsenal' but did not call police.
- Families urged lawmakers and authorities to act, saying Axel Rudakubana is serving a minimum 52-year sentence, and Sir Adrian Fulford aims to deliver the Southport Inquiry phase one report by next spring.
- The inquiry examined responding police officers, Rudakubana's taxi driver, online knife sellers, counter-terrorism officers, mental health providers, schools, and social media company X, while families said the deaths were not inevitable and resulted from neglect.
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Southport killer's parents 'sorry' for failing to stop 'monster' son - as victims' families say they should be held to account
Alphonse Rudakubana and his wife Laetitia Muzayire both broke down in tears as they were challenged about why they did not report their son to the authorities ahead of the attack on 29 July last year.
·United Kingdom
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Southport victims' outraged families slam 'shameful excuses' of killer's parents - The Mirror
The parents of three girls killed by Axel Rudakubana have said his parents should face accountability for their 'shameful' failures which allowed their son's evil to go 'unchecked'
·London, United Kingdom
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