Axel Rudakubana, the teenager jailed for the murder of three young girls in Southport, has allegedly attacked a prison officer inside the high-security prison where he is being held. The 18-year-old killer is said to have thrown boiling water over a prison officer on Thursday afternoon, requiring the officer to go to hospital. Police and […]
Southport child murderer Axel Rudakubana has refused to leave his prison cell for a court hearing called to resolve a legal issue. The 18-year-old, who was last month jailed for a minimum of 52 years for the knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on 29 July 2024, had been due to appear via video link […]
The sentence imposed yesterday on the Southport killer prompted calls for legal reform today after he avoided being ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison because of his age. Axel Rudakubana, 18, will spend a minimum of 52 years in jail for the murders of three young girls he attacked at a […]
Preventing extremist prisoners from radicalising people who visit them behind bars ‘cannot effectively be achieved’ under the current system, the chairman of the Manchester Arena bombing public inquiry has said. Sir John Saunders has called for widespread change, saying prison conversations should be ‘supervised’ in the case of an inmate who ‘poses a particular risk […]