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Dad of jailed neo-Nazi teenager says she was failed

  • A 19-year-old neo‑Nazi, Alina Burns, was jailed for a minimum of 15 years and six months after attempting to murder a Kurdish barber with an axe; the victim survived but says the attack left him scarred and traumatised.
  • Her father says police and mental‑health services failed to intervene after earlier warning signs and that his daughter was rapidly radicalised and effectively abandoned by support services.
  • Avon and Somerset Police and Counter Terrorism Policing say procedures were followed, a review identified learning, and the family’s complaints are being assessed.
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