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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eleanor Barlow

Southport attacker ‘should have been assessed under Mental Health Act’

Three girls were killed in the incident (James Speakman/PA) - (PA Archive)

Axel Rudakubana should have been assessed under the Mental Health Act before he carried out an attack on a Southport dance class, a public inquiry has heard.

The Southport Inquiry, sitting at Liverpool Town Hall, has heard Rudakubana refused to see psychiatrist Dr Anthony Molyneux in September 2023, staying in his bedroom during a home visit.

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