KILLER'S PARENTS 'DESPERATELY SORRY'

THE parents of the Southport killer apologised to the families of the girls he murdered as they gave evidence to the public inquiry into his attack yesterday.

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The Liverpool Town Hall inquiry heard from Alphonse Rudakubana and Laetitia Muzayire, who both gave their evidence via videolink, which could be heard but not seen by the public and press.

Their son, Axel Rudakubana, was 17 when he killed Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven; Bebe King, six; and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; and attempted to murder 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 last year.

Ms Muzayire, who moved to the UK from Rwanda with her husband in 2002, read a prepared statement on behalf of her and her family, who she said had come to the inquiry with “broken hearts”.

She said: “There are no words that can ever be enough to express our grief and remorse for the children whose lives were taken or forever changed by our son's actions.

“We think of them every single day and we carry the weight of that loss in our hearts and prayers.