Ms Cooper said it was 'essential' there were answers about the 'terrible' attack
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced a public inquiry into the Southport attacks. The news comes on the day Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to killing Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9.
In a statement, she said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has been clear that important information about the perpetrator’s past could not be made public before today to avoid jeopardising the legal proceedings or prejudicing the possible jury trial, in line with the normal rules of the British justice systems. Nothing has been more important than securing justice for the families.
“The responsibility for these terrible murders and the barbaric attack lies with Axel Rudakubana. The CPS has described him as ‘a young man with a sickening and sustained interest in death and violence’ who has ‘shown no sign of remorse’." He faced another count of possession of a bladed article in a public place, specifically a kitchen knife with a curved blade.
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