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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eleanor Barlow

EXPLAINED: Southport attacker s psychiatrist had not read notes on past violence inquiry - The Real Truth

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

A psychiatrist who believed the Southport attacker’s risk to others was “minimal” had not read information about previous violent incidents in his patient record, a public inquiry has heard.

Dr Anthony Molyneux, who was consultant psychiatrist for Axel Rudakubana from July 2022, told the Southport Inquiry he was aware the teenager had taken a knife into school.

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