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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Anahita Hossein-Pour

‘Horrifying’ legal gap that prevented arrest of Southport killer

Emergency services near the scene of the attack in Southport - (PA Wire)

The UK’s terror watchdog has recommended the creation of a new offence after a gap in the law meant police “could not arrest” the Southport killer before he carried out his attack.

On Thursday, the review commissioned by the Home Secretary to examine terror legislation in the wake of the Southport murders was published.

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