Rudakubana, 18, from Lancashire, is facing sentencing after he pleaded guilty to murdering three girls on Monday, on what was due to be the first day of his trial.

A Lancashire-led probe into the contact between local agencies and Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana will begin next month, the Lancashire Post understands.

It will look into the contact between local agencies and the attacker, who killed three young girls at a dance class in Southport