Review to criticise Prevent over Axel Rudakubana and his interest in violence

Counter-terrorism scheme should have accepted more help to deal with the Southport killer despite following policy

Prevent's assessment of the danger posed by Axel Rudakubana followed policy at the time, an official review will find but it will criticise the scheme for rejecting extra help to tackle his interest in violence.

This week the government is expected to publish the review into Prevent's handling of the three referrals of Rudakubana, the last of which was three years before he commited his atrocity on a school summer holiday dance class in Southport.