Southport Inquiry to focus on ‘violence-fixated individuals’

Evidence hearings will take place in September, October and November, he said. If necessary, further sessions will be held in December.

Sir Adrian published a report in April following nine weeks of hearings in the first phase of the inquiry at Liverpool City Hall.

He concluded that Rudakubana “clearly demonstrated” that he was an extreme danger and that his attack “could and should have been prevented” if his parents “had done what they were morally required to do” or if appropriate arrangements had been made by institutions to counter the risk.

In his 763-page report, which included 67 recommendations, Sir Adrian said there was a “fundamental failure” by any agency or multi-agency arrangement to take responsibility for the risk posed by the teenager.

Last week Home Affairs Minister Shabana Mahmood delivered the government’s official response to the inquiry, accepting the report’s recommendations and promising to do “whatever is necessary to protect the public”.

He said: “In the years before the attack, the perpetrator had contacted the state numerous times.

“Failures in both systems and culture meant many opportunities were missed to stop this atrocity.

“This is unacceptable. I am clear that the investigation must be a turning point.”

The girls’ families and other survivors said they needed to see more evidence of action and that no one had lost their jobs because of the failures.