The head of the government’s counter-terrorist program Prevent allegedly retired after it was revealed that the case of the Southport killer was closed before the attack.
Michael Stewart retired from his role at Preve, which he held since September 2020, after an overview of the agency was revealed that Axel Rudakubana’s case was closed prematurely.
Rudakubana imposed life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years earlier this year for the murder of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe (seven) on a Taylor Swift theme class on July 29 last year.
He also tried to kill eight other children, who for legal reasons cannot be mentioned, as well as class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.
Three separate references were made to prevent Rudakubana’s behavior in the years before the attack, as well as six separate calls to the police.
Mr. Stewart was at the head of the counter-terrorism program when the attack was carried out. She leaves, which is through The Timescome to an overview that has found a number of failures in dealing with Rudakubana’s case.
The investigation found that there was a sufficient risk that Rudakubana posed to prevent its affairs, but it was closed prematurely, while focusing too much on a lack of clear ideology.
In a learning point about his first reference in 2019, the review states that there was sufficient information to refer Rudakubana to the next phase of the program, called Channel, especially because of his age and complicated needs.
It is said that Rudakubana’s research on school shooting talked about the deaths of people and the “men’s terror attack on” men “, believing he was referring to the Manchester Arena attack in 2017,” possibly showing a real interest in terrorism “.
There were a number of factors that have concerns about Rudakubana and his possible vulnerability to be drawn into terrorism, he added.
The report also highlighted the spelling errors of Rudakubana’s name in references, although it did not stop the cases linked.
In addition to reviewing prevention references, Home Affairs Minister Yvette Cooper announced that a public investigation would be held to look at any “missed opportunities” to identify the murderous intent of Rudakubana.
The home office does not comment on internal staff.
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