Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana talked about killing a school bully, drew up a hit list and praised terrorist atrocities including the Manchester Arena attack, but had three referrals to the counter-terrorism scheme Prevent in a 16-month period closed with no further action.
A review found that the violence-obsessed loner should have been passed to the higher level support scheme Channel, but staff were too focused on the fact he did not follow any particular murderous ideology.
