Starmer addresses the sensitive issue surrounding the Southport attack, highlighting the necessity of maintaining confidentiality during ongoing investigations to ensure justice is served. He underscores the responsibility of the state in preventing such acts, pointing out the failures of the Prevent programme, which failed to act upon multiple warnings regarding the perpetrator. Starmer believes this incident should be a crucial turning point in acknowledging institutional shortcomings, emphasizing the need for action to prevent future tragedies.
Starmer emphasizes that releasing information about the attack during the investigation could have derailed justice, allowing the perpetrator to evade accountability.
Starmer highlights the need for accountability regarding the state’s failure to intervene despite multiple referrals of the attacker to the Prevent programme.
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