Overview

• Taxi driver Gary Poland waited about 50 minutes to dial 999 despite dashcam capturing fleeing children and audible screams, though the senior investigator said the delay did not alter the police response.
• Analysis of the attacker’s basic phone showed the exact Hart Space address, postcode and a local taxi contact saved to “remember where he needed to go,” indicating prior planning of the journey.
• Sergeant Greg Gillespie entered within seconds armed only with a baton, joined by PC Luke Holden and PCSO Timothy Parry, and the suspect was disarmed and arrested before firearms units arrived.
• Police told the inquiry the killer bought the knife on Amazon, accessed violent material including a document titled “Kamikaze death poetry,” and had ordered three machetes, two later found unopened.
• DCI Jason Pye said an 80‑officer team interviewed 547 witnesses, logged 1,244 exhibits and reviewed 159,000 messages during the probe, as hearings continue this week.