Teacher ‘shocked’ over second Prevent referralpublished at 11:52 BST
11:52 BST
Ewan Gawne
The killer was referred to Prevent three times, but was not
seen because there was no evidence of a fixed ideology or motivation, the inquiry has heard.
Ms Lewis said a second referral was made after he “targeted” a pupil in another school and “a reference made to Colonel Gaddafi”.
Inquiry lawyer Richard Boyle asked if Ms Lewis had “any idea of Prevent
not wanting to hear concerns, just facts?”.
She said she did not know if concerns about the pupil would have
been taken seriously, and said staff “can only refer on what we see, not what we
fear”.
Ms Lewis said she was “shocked” when, after he was referred to
Prevent for a second time, the killer was not seen by what is know as a channel panel, a multi-agency
support process to help stop people being drawn into terrorism.
“I was shocked he didn’t get referred to a channel panel to
try and nip some issues in the bud, as it possibly would have prevented a lot
of what happened.”