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Margaret Davis

Rudakubana charged over ricin and terrorist document three months after murders

Police near Axel Rudakubana’s home in Old School Close, Banks, near Southport, the day after the murders (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Wire)

The charges against Axel Rudakubana over possession of the deadly poison ricin and an al Qaida training document were not made public for three months after he murdered three girls at a holiday dance class.

Police knew within four days of the knife attack in Southport, Merseyside, on July 29 that a substance found in the teenager’s bedroom was ricin, but the charge against him for having the substance was not publicly confirmed until October 29.

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