US EditionTaxi driver who left as Southport killer carried out knife attack 'regrets' not doing more
Gary Poland delayed calling emergency services for 50 minutes after hearing screams, believing the attacker had a gun, and regrets not helping the victims during the Southport attack.
- Gary Poland expressed regret for not calling police sooner after the attacker, Axel Rudakubana, carried out a stabbing attack that killed three young girls during a dance class on July 29, 2024.
- Poland waited 50 minutes before contacting emergency services, despite hearing screams and seeing children fleeing the scene.
- Detective Chief Inspector Jason Pye stated that while Poland had no legal duty to help, he expected a responsible person to call police immediately.
- Poland expressed deep remorse during the inquiry, stating, 'I regret not helping the children. Their screams were harrowing.
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Southport killer’s taxi driver saw screaming children in ‘stampede’
The taxi driver who took Axel Rudakubana to the scene of the Southport attack said he saw screaming children running “like a stampede for their lives” at the Hart Space, but failed to call emergency services for 50 minutes, having picked up another fare first.
Taxi driver who took Southport killer to dance studio regrets not calling police
The taxi driver who drove the British teenager to the dance studio in Southport where he murdered three young girls told an inquiry he should have called police sooner.Gary Poland said he drove away from the dance centre in the northern town of in blind panic and regretted waiting 50 minutes until calling police, the BBC reports.Axel Rudakubana, 19, was jailed earlier this year to at least 52 years for killing the girls and stabbing 10 others l…
'I should have called police earlier': Taxi driver who dropped off Southport killer regrets waiting 50 minutes as 3 children died
A taxi driver who took the Southport attacker to the scene of the deadly stabbing has told a public inquiry he deeply regrets not calling police sooner. Gary Poland, who drove Axel Rudakubana to the Hart Space studio where three young girls were killed, waited 50 minutes before calling emergency services even though he heard screams and saw children running from the building. The inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall heard shocking details about what h…
Southport: Taxi driver regrets leaving scene after he saw kids screaming
The taxi driver who took the Southport killer to the dance class he attacked, has told an inquiry he drove away despite seeing screaming children running for their lives, because he thought he heard gunshots. Gary Poland picked up another fare and returned home before calling the emergency services 50 minutes later.
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