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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T22:49:51.000Z",
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    "Ex-detective marks 'dark day for Britain' as 'catastrophic' Southport Inquiry findings are released",
    "Southport inquiry chairman declares 'this culture has to end' after uncovering pre-attack failures",
    "Southport killer facing 'half a century in solitary confinement'",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nRobert Jenrick has called for the parents of Axel Rudakubana to be deported to Rwanda following the publication of the Southport Inquiry’s findings.\n\nThe Reform UK Treasury spokesman accused Alphonse Rudakubana and Laetitia Muzayire of acting disgracefully and said they should face prosecution.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSpeaking to the Telegraph's Daily T podcast, Mr Jenrick said: “The family of Axel Rudakubana have behaved shamefully.”\n\nHe acknowledged the pressures parents can face but said the couple knew their son was amassing weapons and feared for their own safety, yet failed to act.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n“These individuals should face criminal charges and they should be deported.\n\n\"They came here for asylum. They enjoyed the hospitality [and] generosity of the UK, and they've abused that,” he added.\n\nThe inquiry, chaired by Sir Adrian Fulford, found the parents bore “very considerable responsibility” for the attack on July 29, 2024.\n\nThe retired judge concluded that had they acted as they were morally obliged to, their son would not have been able to carry out the killings.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n“This terrible event could have been and should have been prevented,” Sir Adrian said.\n\nHis two-volume report, running to more than 763 pages, described the parents’ “complete abandonment of responsibility” as “utterly unconscionable”.\n\nThe inquiry found the couple - who arrived in the UK in 2002 after fleeing the aftermath of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide - allowed weapons to be kept in the home, failed to set boundaries and did not alert authorities to warning signs.\n\nThree young girls were killed in the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport - Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Ex-detective marks 'dark day for Britain' as 'catastrophic' Southport Inquiry findings are released\n  * Southport inquiry chairman declares 'this culture has to end' after uncovering pre-attack failures\n  * Southport killer facing 'half a century in solitary confinement'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nRudakubana, who was 17 at the time, also attempted to murder 10 other people and was handed a minimum sentence of 52 years.\n\nThe inquiry heard his parents were aware he had been stockpiling knives, viewing violent material online and making poison in his bedroom.\n\nSir Adrian also criticised the father for creating “significant obstructions to constructive engagement” with authorities.\n\nThe citizenship status of the parents remains unclear, though they are believed to hold British nationality.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTheir son, now 19, was born in Cardiff and is a British citizen.\n\nUnder UK law, citizens cannot be deported - but the British Nationality Act 1981 allows citizenship to be revoked in certain circumstances, including where it is deemed in the public interest and the individual holds another nationality.\n\nInternational law also prevents deportation if it would leave a person stateless.\n\nCurrent guidance states citizenship can only be removed where individuals pose a threat to the UK or their actions amount to “very high harm”, such as terrorism, espionage or serious organised crime.\n\nThe families of the victims have also called for the parents to face criminal consequences.\n\nChris Walker, solicitor for the bereaved families, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “There should be individual criminal accountability for the parents.”\n\nHe said existing laws make prosecution difficult but welcomed calls for reform.\n\nMr Walker also warned he would name social workers and police officers who failed to act if disciplinary action is not taken.\n\nMerseyside Police, which previously concluded there was insufficient evidence to charge the parents, is now reviewing the inquiry’s findings.\n\nThe killer’s older brother Dion, 21, described him as a “ticking timebomb”, saying the family lived in constant fear of his violent outbursts.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Robert Jenrick demands Southport killer’s ‘shameful’ parents be deported from Britain"
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