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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Southport attack has exposed ‘a crisis with trust’, says policing chief

Emily Spurrell, police and crime commissioner for Merseyside.
Emily Spurrell, police and crime commissioner for Merseyside. Photograph: DOUGLAS/Handout

Conspiracy theories about the Southport attack are spreading because of a crisis with “trust in institutions” in Britain, the local area’s police commissioner has warned.

Emily Spurrell, who was made chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) in September, said the furore around the announcement of new charges against Axel Rudakubana last week was a symptom of wider issues.

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