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The older brother of the Southport attacker testified his mother and father "lost control" of their offspring and he worried his younger sibling would murder a person of their relatives, a public inquiry has been told.

The individual, a teenager, fatally attacked three children at a pop music-inspired lesson on July 29, 2024.

The Southport Inquiry, conducted at Liverpool Town Hall, heard the family member the older brother informed a close contact there was a risk of his brother "doing something deadly."

The inquiry was advised Dion messaged his friend over the online platform: "Confrontations are terrifying because of the threat of loss of life."

The sibling said his sibling reminded him of the violent character in the picture the thriller.

Growing Tensions

The inquiry learned Dion was found to have a medical condition at the early teens which resulted in him needing mobility assistance and his parents offering greater support.

In response to the inquiry counsel, legal representative, if that affected their bond he stated: "Conflict arose that emerged."

Dion agreed his brother showed bitterness toward this development.

He testified the inquiry that after the relatives relocated from the Welsh capital to the seaside town his brother's moods deteriorated and he would have "physical explosions."

Proceedings heard he became "increasingly wary" of his sibling, who would strike him often.

He testified: "I was forced to be wary if I attempted to talk to him because every argument could turn into an altercation."

'Genuine concerns'

Dion revealed his brother became much more aggressive after he was dismissed from his school in the local area, in that period.

Dion left for university in 2022 and the siblings spoke less and less "due to unfamiliarity with having me around."

The hearing was told about a note the brother wrote to a contact on Discord in which he stated his brother was annoyed by him speaking late at night because of the thin walls in their home.

He additionally informed his associate there was a danger of "his committing an act that could kill."

He stated: "The fights are terrifying because of the danger of loss of life."

Mr Boyle questioned: "You held real worries that your sibling would fatally harm a individual of your family?"

The brother replied: "In case matters intensified to that extent."

Mr Boyle inquired how his parents dealt with the perpetrator's aggression.

"There was no point to try and punish him," he said. "Also, there was a serious threat in proceeding that way.

"We mentioned there was a general risk to life in general conversation, if you try to confront him... it would not end well."

When the lawyer inquired if his mother and father had lost control of his brother, the brother acknowledged.

Questioned regarding his sibling being similar to a figure from the movie No Country for Old Men, he stated: "I heard that persona's supposed to be a sociopath and that's why I employed that term there."

The brother testified the previous encounter he had with his relative was in the warmer months of that year.

He confirmed that their mother and father asked the killer to take leave to him as he was departing to visit his friends and his brother hurled an object at him but the door had closed before it made contact.

The inquiry continues.