Southport attacker’s father called him ‘good boy’ after school knife incident

Flowers and tributes outside the Atkinson Art Centre Southport after the attack (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Archive)

The father of the Southport attacker described him as a “good boy” who knew “what he was doing was wrong” after he admitted taking a knife to school to stab someone, a public inquiry has heard.

Headteacher of the Range High School in Formby Michael McGarry told the Southport Inquiry on Wednesday that Axel Rudakubana was permanently excluded in October 2019 after he told Childline he had been carrying a knife into school.