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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eleanor Barlow

No one would have imagined Southport attack would happen, inquiry told

Floral tributes at the junction of Tithebarn Road and Hart Street in Southport (James Speakman/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Southport attack on a children’s dance class was something “so awful” that no one could have imagined it would happen, the woman who ran the studio has told the public inquiry.

Jennifer Scholes, who owned the lease on The Hart Space studio, was asked questions about policies for locking doors in the building when she appeared at the Southport Inquiry on Monday.

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