Southport

[south-pawrt, -pohrt]

noun

1. a seaport in Merseyside, in western England: a seaside resort town.

Southport

/ ˈsaʊθˌpɔːt /

noun

1. a town and resort in NW England, in Sefton unitary authority, Merseyside on the Irish Sea. Pop: 91 404 (2001)

Example Sentences

The parents of the Southport killer could be re-investigated by police after their comments during the public inquiry into the attack.

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The Southport Inquiry heard their son, Axel Rudakubana, had displayed disturbing and violent behaviour for years before he murdered three children and injured eight others at a Taylor Swift themed dance workshop on 29 July last year.

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Oral hearings in the first phase of the Southport Inquiry, which examined the attack itself and Rudakubana's background, are now complete.

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The families of the three girls murdered in the Southport attacks have condemned the killer's parents for failing to take responsibility and "staying silent" when they knew how dangerous their son was.

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The girls' families said "deeply distressing" evidence from the killer's parents, heard at the Southport Inquiry, showed "this tragedy was not inevitable. It was the result of neglect".

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