After his expulsion, Mr. Rudakubana was enrolled on the Acorns Faculty in Lancashire, which caters to kids with particular wants, and at Presfield Excessive Faculty and Specialist Faculty. However he struggled to combine, the safeguarding company mentioned, a state of affairs that worsened after the pandemic started in 2020 and colleges closed. Regardless of professionals’ efforts to interact with him, he “continued to face challenges associated to his emotional and behavioral well-being, social interactions and training,” the company mentioned, and his attendance was restricted.
‘Savagery and senselessness’
On July 22, Mr. Rudakubana booked a taxi to take him to Vary Excessive Faculty, in accordance with an area police official. However his father ran exterior and pleaded with the motive force to not take him, and ultimately Mr. Rudakubana returned to the home. CCTV footage confirmed him carrying the identical hooded sweatshirt and masks that he would put on every week later, throughout the Southport assault. No extra data was offered on the incident.
On that morning of the assault, two academics arrange a room at Hart Area, a yoga and group studio in Southport. They laid out a station for bracelet making and an space for yoga, they usually lined up a playlist of Taylor Swift songs, prepared for the 26 kids who arrived round 10 a.m. The category had been marketed on an Instagram account and had rapidly bought out.
As the category neared its finish, simply earlier than midday, Mr. Rudakubana arrived in a taxi and walked into the constructing, the place he stabbed to dying Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9. Eight different kids have been wounded, together with Leanne Lucas, the organizer of the occasion, who tried to defend the youngsters, and John Hayes, a businessman who labored close by and who tried to sort out Mr. Rudakubana.
