Southport Killer Axel Rudakubana ‘played the system’ to get a move from HMP Belmarsh to the high-security psychiatric hospital Broadmoor, the Prison Officers’ Association said
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has “played the system” to get a move to Broadmoor hospital, the Prison Officers’ Association said.
Rudakubana 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 Southport in July 2024.
On Thursday, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed the killer was transferred from HMP Belmarsh to Broadmoor, the high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire.
Chairman of the Prison Officers’ Association Mark Fairhurst said Rudakubana, now 19, “played the system” and will now enjoy certain freedoms at Broadmoor, where he will be classed as a patient.
Fairhurst said in a statement: “This vile offender has played the system and will now enjoy the freedoms that are afforded mentally unwell patients in secure psychiatric hospitals, including benefits that law abiding tax payers will fund.
“My members will be placed at risk without the protections afforded to staff in prisons because he is now classed as a patient. He should spend his entire sentence in a prison in solitary confinement.
“My thoughts are with the families of the victims and all those affected by his heinous crimes.”
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