Killer 'rarely left house and did not wash'

INQUIRY IS TOLD OF CONCERNS OVER PARENTS

- By PATRICK EDRICH

AXEL Rudakubana should have been assessed under the Mental Health Act because of concerns about his parents' compliance with services, an expert has told the Southport Inquiry.

Dr Nina Irani, a consultant child and adolescent forensic psychiatrist instructed by the inquiry, said there should have been a safeguarding escalation in September 2023 because the teenager was "out of parental control".

Southport killer Rudakubana had not been seen by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for a number of months when he was visited at home by his psychiatrist, Dr Anthony Molyneux, on September 25. The ongoing inquiry heard the then 17-year-old had significantly withdrawn and was barely leaving the house, spending considerable periods of time on his computer and had not washed for a month.