Axel Rudakubana has been locked up at the 900-capacity HMP Belmarsh, southeast London, where he will wear a paper jumpsuit so he cannot harm himself in his tiny cell
Southport murder monster Axel Rudakubana will be the “No1 target” in one of the UK’s most notorious jails, it is claimed.
The triple child killer has been moved to HMP Belmarsh, southeast London, where convicted terrorists are also spending time. The 18-year-old monster will wear a paper jumpsuit so he cannot harm himself at the 900-capacity clink. Rudakubana’s cell will contain just a wooden bench, a mattress and a small window, it is understood.
A former prisoner at HMP Belmarsh said: “He will be the No1 target in the prison population for the rest of his life after killing those little girls. The screws will know that he can’t come into contact with anyone or else he’ll be attacked. Category A prisons like Belmarsh are powder kegs anyway, but he would get attacked in a heartbeat if anyone can get their hands on him.
“Most likely it would be a group attack. They won’t mind doing a few more years for the kudos of giving him a kicking, stabbing him, or worse.”
Rudakubana was told on Thursday he will serve life with a minimum 52-year term for murdering Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Da Silva Aguiar, nine, and trying to kill ten others at a Taylor Swift dance class last July.
The former prisoner told The Sun: “He will have nothing until the warders are confident he has accepted his fate. He will be kept separate from everyone. He won’t be allowed to walk past a cleaner for fear of attack.
“He will be banged up 23 hours a day, his food will be brought to his cell and then he’ll get an hour in the yard to walk around. If other prisoners can see him from their cells while he’s in the yard, they’ll let him know the danger.”
All prisoners meet with a psychologist or a psychiatrist when they arrive at the jail, which is near Thamesmead. They are then allocated into either a normal cell with some home comforts, like a TV and kettle, or a stripped-back “bare cell”.
And Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, was given the latter in the prison where it is said inmates will “get him” if given the opportunity. Ten-year-old Sara Sharif’s killer dad Urfan had his throat slashed despite being under close supervision after arriving at Belmarsh.
Mark Fairhurst, Prison Officers’ Association national chair, said: “His life will be absolute hell. He is target No1. He’ll be looking over his shoulders for 52 years. Any chance they can get him, they will.”
Rudakubana was convicted of murder, rather than terrorism offences, amd so is unlikely to be offered any protection by Islamist-inspired killers such as Hashem Abedi, brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman.
Sara Stanger, a solicitor representing the three girls’ families, said on Friday it was “shocking for everyone to see the number of missed opportunities” to stop Rudakubana before his murders. She said the families were reassured by the length of his sentence.
