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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday North of England editor

UNCOVERED: Southport attack blamed on catastrophic failures by agencies and killer s irresponsible parents - The Untold Story

Sir Adrian Fulford sitting inside the hearing room at Liverpool town hall.
Sir Adrian Fulford, sitting inside the hearing room at Liverpool town hall. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Axel Rudakubana was able to carry out the Southport atrocity because of “catastrophic” failures by multiple agencies and the “irresponsible and harmful” role of his parents, a damning inquiry has found.

Sir Adrian Fulford condemned the “inappropriate merry-go-round” of state bodies passing the buck and their “frankly depressing” refusal to accept responsibility, saying: “This culture has to end.”

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