A damning report has lifted the lid on a catalogue of missed opportunities to stop Southport killer Axel Rudakubana, who was obsessed by the Manchester Arena bombing and school shootings

There was “sufficient risk” posed by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana to keep his cases within the Prevent programme active and these were “closed prematurely”, Home Office minister Dan Jarvis has said.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana should have been seen as a terror threat, Home Office report shows - Axel Rudakubana should have been referred to the next stage of the Prevent scheme, says Home Secre

The 18-year-old was sentenced to life with a minimum of 52 years after carrying out a vicious knife attack against little girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport

Rudakubana was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years – one of the highest minimum terms on record – for murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on July 29 last year.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been handed a new sentence today to correct a "technical error" in a judge's first ruling.

The report highlighted that in his second referral to Prevent, Axel Rudakubana's name was spelt differently from the first. It noted a Prevent supervisor was unable to find the previous referral and "this may have caused the case to be closed quickly on minimal information".

Axel Rudakubana was expected to be sentenced to life in prison at Liverpool Crown Court for the murders of three young girls and attempted murders of eight other children in Southport in July.

The Prevent counter-terrorism scheme "prematurely" closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children in Southport, a government review has found.