The daddy of a neo-Nazi teenager who was jailed for attempting to behead a Kurdish barber with an axe has accused the police and psychological well being companies of failing his daughter.
Alina Burns, 19, was sentenced to a minimal of 15 years and 6 months in jail final month for trying to homicide Mohammed Mahmoodi in a terrorism-motivated assault.
Luke Burns, who has made two formal complaints to Avon and Somerset Police, stated he was “livid” officers had not informed him about his daughter being radicalised.
The power stated the service it offered had been completely investigated and deemed “acceptable”. It added it was assessing a grievance from the household relating to a counter-terrorism referral.
Alina Burns, who’s autistic and has anorexia, was concerned with Little one and Adolescent Psychological Well being Providers (Camhs) when she was youthful however her father claimed she was deserted after the service determined she was “too unwell” to attend college.
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“I believe we simply really feel very responsible that this occurred, that we had failed her,” Luke Burns stated.
“However at the back of our minds it is not simply that we failed her. Everybody failed her.
“You return to the police, you return to Camhs, you return to hospital training, you return to the varsity, you go all the best way again.
“Everybody failed her. She needed a objective in life, however she was denied it. She was not in a position to do GCSEs, she was not in a position to have a future. It’s devastating,” he continued.
Luke Burns has made two formal complaints to the police [PA Media]
The 19-year-old was radicalised by neo-Nazi extremism and had been involved with far-right teams.
Luke Burns stated this course of will need to have occurred “extraordinarily rapidly” as she solely had her laptop computer for a “variety of months”.
“Earlier than Might she had expressed a couple of views, which have been very Reform-type views, to us. However nothing greater than that,” he stated.
“There was nothing of concern,” he added.
Luke Burns stated his daughter was “completely pretty at dwelling” and there was “no concern in any respect” that she can be aggressive or violent to anyone.
“The assault was stunning and we’re shocked that it occurred and have been simply very grateful that the sufferer was not injured in a bodily sense greater than what he was,” he stated.
Alina Burns approached her sufferer from behind and swung an axe at his neck [Counter Terrorism Police]
Alina Burns attacked Mahmoodi from behind with an axe as he stood outdoors a barber’s store in Bristol in August, wounding his neck.
The 27-year-old, who had fled Iran in 2021 to hunt “asylum and security”, informed Bristol Crown Court docket his life had modified each “bodily and mentally” following the assault.
He stated he skilled nightmares, was extra remoted and withdrawn and his scar was a “day by day reminder that he was almost killed”.
It was solely after the assault that the household realized issues had been raised in regards to the teenager months earlier than the incident, when she informed a person on a relationship app to “kill all Jews and Muslims”.
Avon and Somerset Police referred the report back to Counter Terrorism Policing, which concluded it didn’t meet the brink for an investigation.
Luke Burns stated he might have intervened and spoken along with his daughter to stop the assault if he had identified in regards to the referral.
Alina Burns was arrested by law enforcement officials who have been close by on the time of the assault [Counter Terrorism Police]
4 months earlier than the tried homicide, Alina Burns had been taken into custody due to fears for her welfare however she was taken dwelling to her mother and father following a psychological well being evaluation.
Her father stated there ought to have been a care plan in place and she or he shouldn’t have “simply been introduced dwelling”.
He has complained to the police relating to this launch from custody in addition to the referral to counter-terrorism policing.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police stated a radical investigation had been carried out.
“It was decided that recommendation was sought from psychological well being professionals, applicable safeguarding danger assessments have been accomplished and all related insurance policies and procedures have been adopted,” they stated.
Counter Terrorism Policing South West confirmed it assessed the messages Alina Burns despatched and it was determined “no additional motion” can be taken.
“Because the terrible assault on 2 August, we’ve got performed a radical evaluate of the decision-making associated to these messages and studying has been recognized,” a spokesperson added.
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