Southport Killer Axel Rudakubana Charged with Prison Attacks
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- Axel Rudakubana, serving a 52-year sentence for murdering three children, has been charged with three attacks and weapon possession at HMP Belmarsh between May and October 2025.
- The 19-year-old was recently transferred to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital and is due to appear in court on September 11.
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Axel Rudakubana was sentenced to 52 years in January 2025 for the murder of three children and injuring ten others in July 2024. He was recently transferred from HMP Belmarsh to Broadmoor, a high-security psychiatric hospital.
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been charged with three attacks while in prison and possessing a weapon.
Police say the offences took place at HMP Belmarsh over six months from May to October 2025.
The 19-year-old murdered Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and injured eight other children and two adults in an attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July 2024.
He was given a 52-year sentence in January 2025. Earlier this month he was moved to a secure psychiatric hospital.
Rudakubana is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court remotely on 11 September.
He has been charged with the following four offences:
In May 2025, it was reported boiling water had been thrown on a prison officer at Belmarsh. They were taken to hospital and discharged on the same day.
When Rudakubana was jailed, the judge was unable to impose a whole life order due to him being under-18 when he carried out the attack. He will likely never be released.
On 23 July, the MoJ confirmed Rudakubana was transferred from HMP Belmarsh to Broadmoor, a high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire.
Under the Mental Health Act, the MoJ is likely to have had no choice but to accept doctors' recommendations about whether Rudakubana could be held safely in prison.
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Axel Rudakubana will appear remotely at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 11.
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Open Questions
- What were the specific details of the three attacks in prison?
- What were the four charges against Rudakubana?
- What was the nature of the weapon possessed?
