An enquiry has disclosed that the misspelling of Axel Rudakubana’s name in the Government’s counter-terrorism database may have hampered his assessment as a possible mass murderer. The teenager was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years for murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar,

A 55-page review posed that Prevent officers misspelling Rudakubana’s name on his second and third referrals in February and April 2021 may have led supervisors to close his case early because they were unable to link him to previous referrals on the system.

Security minister Dan Jarvis has told the Commons Axel Rudakubana’s case should have been case managed, not closed.

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.

A government review into Prevent's assessment of the dangers posed by murderer Axel Rudakubana have shown the teenager posed a 'significant risk' but the cases were 'closed prematurely'.