🔗 Share this article Seaside town attacker's brother worried he would take lives, hearing told The offender fatally attacked three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop on 29 July 2024 The sibling of the Southport attacker revealed his parents "were unable to handle" of their offspring and he feared his younger sibling would fatally harm a member of their family, a public inquiry has been told. The attacker, a teenager, fatally attacked three youngsters at a celebrity-themed dance workshop on that date. The hearing, conducted at the venue, learned the family member the older brother warned a friend there was a risk of his brother "doing something that could kill." The investigation was advised the brother wrote to his contact over the digital service: "Arguments are scary because of the danger of a fatality." He said his relative reminded him of the sociopathic murderer in the movie the thriller. The hearing has learned he previous interaction to his brother in that year when the attacker threw a bottle at him Rising Hostility The inquiry heard the brother was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disorder at the early teens which led to him needing mobility assistance and his family helping him more. When asked by the inquiry counsel, counsel to the inquiry, if that altered their dynamic he stated: "There was tension that emerged." The brother agreed his brother showed bitterness toward this change. He testified the inquiry that after the relatives left Cardiff to their new location his brother's moods deteriorated and he would have "physical explosions." Proceedings was informed the brother became "progressively concerned" of his relative, who would physically assault him frequently. He said: "I had to be cautious if I did speak to him because every argument could turn into an argument." 'Genuine concerns' He revealed his sibling became much more aggressive after he was dismissed from Range High School in the local area, in autumn 2019. He departed for higher education in 2022 and the siblings communicated rarely "because he was not familiar with having me around." The inquiry was made aware of a message Dion wrote to a acquaintance on the service in which he stated his relative was angered by him speaking late at night because of the thin walls in their residence. He further revealed to his friend there was a possibility of "him doing something potentially fatal." He wrote: "Arguments are frightening because of the risk of a fatality." The lawyer questioned: "You had serious fears that your relative would kill a person of your relatives?" Dion replied: "In case matters intensified to that extent." The victims were murdered in the 29 July 2024 incident The counsel questioned how his parents reacted to the relative's physical conduct. "It didn't make sense to attempt to discipline him," he testified. "Additionally, there was a significant danger in proceeding that way. "We discussed there was a overall danger to well-being in casual discussion, if you try to confront him... it could provoke violence." When the lawyer inquired if his parents had failed to manage of his brother, he acknowledged. Inquired concerning his brother being similar to a persona from the picture the Coen brothers film, the brother explained: "It was said that persona's intended as a sociopath and that's why I chose that description there." The brother revealed the previous encounter he had with his sibling was in the summer of 2023. He stated that their family asked the killer to take leave to him as he was departing to visit his friends and his sibling hurled an object at him but the entryway shut before it struck. The inquiry proceeds.