Dion Rudakubana feared his brother 'may kill a member of the family'

The brother of a Southport assassin mentioned his mother and father “lost control” of their son and feared his youthful brother would kill a member of their household, a public inquiry has heard.

Axel Rudakubana, 17, murdered three youngsters at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop on July 29, 2024.

The Southport Inquiry, sitting in Liverpool Town Hall, heard Dion Rudakubana, the attacker's brother, telling a buddy that there was a danger of his brother “doing something potentially fatal”.

The inquest was informed that Dion informed a buddy on the Discord messaging app: “Fights are scary because there is a risk of someone dying”.

Dion mentioned that her brother reminded her of the sociopathic killer within the movie No Country for Old Men.

The inquest heard that Dion was recognized with a neuromuscular dysfunction on the age of 12, which required him to make use of a wheelchair and that his mother and father supported him extra.

When inquiry counsel Richard Boyle was requested whether or not this had modified their relationship he mentioned: “There was tension that was created.”

Dion agreed that his brother was upset by the change.

He informed the inquest that after the household moved from Cardiff to Southport his brother grew to become moody and carried out “violent outbursts”.

The inquest heard that Dion had change into “increasingly wary” of his brother, who often hit him.

“If I talk to them, I have to be cautious because any disagreement can turn into a dispute,” he mentioned.

Dion mentioned her brother grew to become more and more violent after being expelled from Range High School in Formby, Merseyside, in October 2019.

Dion left for college in 2022 and the brothers spoke much less and fewer “because he wasn't familiar with me being around”.

The inquiry was informed of a message Dion despatched to a buddy on Discord during which she mentioned her brother was indignant at them speaking late at night time due to the skinny partitions of their home.

He additionally informed his buddy that “he was in danger of doing something fatal”.

He mentioned: “Fights are scary because there is a risk of someone dying.”

Mr Boyle requested: “You had a serious fear that your brother would kill a member of your family?”

Dion replied: “If things escalated to that point.”

Mr Boyle requested how his mother and father reacted to his attacker's violent behaviour.

“There was no point in trying to punish him,” he mentioned. “Besides, there was a huge risk in doing so.

“We said that there is a threat to life in a normal conversation, if you try to confront him… it will not be responded to well.”

When Mr. Boyle requested if her mother and father had misplaced management over her brother, Dion agreed.

When requested whether or not her brother reminded her of a personality from the movie No Country for Old Men, Dion mentioned: “I've been told that that character was meant to be a sociopath and that's why I used that word in there.”

Dion mentioned his final dialog along with his brother befell in the summertime of 2023.

He confirmed that his mother and father had requested the killer to say goodbye to him when he was leaving to fulfill his mates and that his brother had thrown a bottle at him however that the door had closed earlier than the assault may happen.

The inquiry is ongoing.