Southport inquiry: killer’s parents must be ‘held to account’, say victims’ families

Left to right: Elsie Dot Stancombe, Bebe King and Alice da Silva Aguiar were killed in the Southport attack in July last year. Composite: Merseyside police

The parents of three girls murdered in the Southport attack have called for the killer’s parents to be “held to account for what they allowed to happen” after they gave dramatic testimony to a public inquiry.

The bereaved families told Axel Rudakubana’s father they had “complete disdain for your excuses” after he tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to his son’s weapons and another attempted attack days earlier.