Overview

• A mother identified as child P’s parent described arriving to be told a man was inside with a knife, recounting how her daughter helped a smaller girl escape and now struggles to sleep alone and reacts with intense fear to sirens.
• Another parent said doorbell-camera footage was the first sign her daughter was physically safe yet clearly shattered, adding that families feel the children were failed and their innocence stolen.
• A mother told the hearing her daughter was stabbed multiple times yet let others leave first, with lingering physical pain, visible scars she tries to conceal, and a temporary loss of trust in men.
• Guest teacher Heidi Liddle testified she hid with a child in a toilet as the attacker rattled the door, describing crushing guilt and persistent flashbacks, while instructor Leanne Lucas, who was stabbed, recalled chaos and later faced online abuse.
• The inquiry, chaired by Sir Adrian Fulford, is set to run phase-one hearings until November to scrutinize Axel Rudakubana’s history, agency contacts and missed opportunities, and it was adjourned until Thursday.