Prevent assessment of Southport killer 'followed 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.

- Vikram Dodd

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 his atrocity on a school summer holiday dance class in Southport.

The government has announced inquiries into what Prevent does and how wide its remit is.

Sir Peter Fahy, the former police lead for Prevent, warned that the revelations about the scheme's three rejections of adopting Rudakubana's case - which were first reported by the Guardian - have plunged counter-terrorism into one of its worst reputational crises.

Counter-terrorism policing is bracing itself for further criticism when it is made public, with Rudakubana deemed unsuitable for Prevent because he did not follow any ideology.