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A taxi driver who drove the Southport killer to the venue where he went on to kill three young girls took another fare before calling the police. ‌

Cabbie Gary Poland appeared via video link at a public inquiry on September 25 into the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, who died while attending the Taylor Swift dance class last summer. He said he went into "panic mode". ‌

He told the inquiry he regrets not trying to help the girls. He admitted calling a friend and taking another fare before calling 999 around 50 minutes after he dropped 18-year-old killer Axel Rudakubana off, reports the Mirror. ‌

Mr Poland told the hearing: "I did what I did through fear, shock and panic. These are human emotions

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