Overview

• Chief Inspector Andrew Hughes said the attacker was identified about 70 minutes after the stabbings when taxi driver Gary Poland phoned in the pickup address.
• The incident log returned Axel Rudakubana’s details and a warning marker for carrying knives, with notes on school mass shootings and beheadings, prompting an armed deployment to his Banks home where the family were found safe and the address was secured.
• Hughes testified he declared a major incident at 12:14, feared additional offenders given the casualty reports, and ordered an armed sweep when units arrived at 12:15.
• Body‑worn video timelines showed Sgt Greg Gillespie and PC Luke Holden entered within seconds and detained the knife‑wielding teenager without waiting for firearms officers.
• Investigators described the driver’s 50‑minute delay as a moral failure and detailed digital evidence of planning, including saved venue details, violent material downloads and an Amazon purchase of the knife, plus a review of 159,000 family messages that found no sympathy for extreme violence.