Vicious assault on father over 'slight'

AXEL Rudakubana kicked his dad in the testicles in response to the older man trimming the grass near where his pet hamster had been buried, the Southport Inquiry has heard.

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Rudakubana, then 14, viciously assaulted his dad Alphonse on January 14, 2021 as part of a conflict which stemmed from a "misguided view of being slighted".

The inquiry heard Rudakubana had been "triggered" by his dad trimming the grass and plants near where his pet had been buried. Rudakubana tried to get hold of his dad’s laptop to break it and, when stopped from doing so, launched a kick at his testicles.

Proceedings were told "there seemed to have been a retaliation" and Alphonse Rudakubana struck his son around the face.