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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Eleanor Barlow

Southport attacker’s father asked for social services details to be kept private

Chairman Sir Adrian Fulford sitting inside the hearing room at Liverpool Town Hall (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Wire)

The father of the Southport attacker asked for information which could turn his family “upside down” not to be shared with the youth offending team, a public inquiry has heard.

The Southport Inquiry, sitting at Liverpool Town Hall, has been hearing evidence about the involvement of social services with Axel Rudakubana and his family in the years leading up to the teenager’s attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 2024.

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