Delivery giant says its driver saw recipient was over 25, but will investigate how Axel Rudakubana circumvented its age verification process

The Amazon driver who delivered the knife used in the Southport murders handed the package to an adult who was “visibly over 25 years old”, the retailer has said. Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana used a knife that he bought from Amazon when he was still 17 to kill three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport,

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the Southport killer, Axel Radukabana, admitted carrying a knife 10 times before his deadly attacks.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper vowed to act after killer Axel Rudakubana was "easily able" to buy a knife on Amazon despite having previous convictions for violence. She said: "That's a total disgrace and it must change.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana admitted carrying a knife more than 10 times but was still able to buy a blade on Amazon, the home secretary has said. Yvette Cooper said public bodies "completely failed to identify the terrible danger that he posed" as his obsession with extreme violence developed in the years before the attack.