
A group of crime journalists has complained to the head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following a row over the release of details about the Southport dance class killings.
Journalists had pushed for the full background of the case to be published, previously shared by police, following the guilty pleas entered by Axel Rudakubana on Monday but they have been barred from doing so until after the sentencing. The 18-year-old has admitted murdering three children attending a dance class in July.
Chair of the Crime Reporters Association (CRA) Rebecca Camber wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson on Tuesday over perceived interference by the CPS in the release of information by police.
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