SOUTHPORT murder monster Axel Rudakubana will be the “No1 target” after he was moved to one of the UK’s most notorious jails.
The 18-year-old triple killer has been locked up at the 900-capacity HMP Belmarsh, South East London, alongside convicted terrorists and far-right extremist Tommy Robinson.
PASouthport killer Axel Rudakubana was sentenced to at least 52 years in jail[/caption]
Rudakubana has been caged at HMP Belmarsh, alongside convicted terrorists and murderersGetty
Rudakubana has been warned he faces a lifetime of fear of attacks – from all anglesRex
He will wear a paper jumpsuit so he cannot harm himself, and his cell will contain just a wooden bench, a mattress and a small window.
A former prisoner told The Sun: “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 had been held at HMP Manchester ahead of his sentencing.
On Thursday, he was told 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.
All prisoners meet with a psychologist or a psychiatrist when they arrive.
They are then allocated into either a normal cell with some home comforts, like a TV and kettle, or a stripped-back “bare cell”.
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.”
Mark Fairhurst, Prison Officers’ Association national chair, added: “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.”
Ten-year-old Sara Sharif’s killer dad Urfan had his throat slashed despite being under close supervision after arriving at Belmarsh.
And since Rudakubana was convicted of murder rather than terrorism offences, he is unlikely to be offered any protection by Islamist-inspired killers such as Hashem Abedi — brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman.
Meanwhile, far-right supporters of Tommy Robinson — real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon and jailed after he admitted contempt of court — could also target Rudakubana to impress him.
His fellow inmates
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana will face a lifetime of hell behind bars.
He said the evil killer is currently being held at high-security Belmarsh Prison in Woolwich, south east London.
His fellow inmates include:
Urfan Sharif
Urfan Sharif was handed a minimum 40-year term last month for murdering innocent Sara in a two-year “campaign of torture” that saw her beaten, burned and bitten.
He was jailed alongside Sara’s stepmum Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle Faisal Malik, 29, who was convicted of allowing the death of a child.
Khairi Saadallah
Khairi Saadallah stabbed three people to death in a Reading park in 2020.
He is serving a whole life order in Belmarsh.
David Copeland
Neo-Nazi David Copeland who bombed a gay pub, Brixton Market and Brick Lane in 1999 killing three people and injuring 140.
Hashem Abedi
Hashem Abedi – brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman – has spent time at Belmarsh after being handed a minimum 55-year life term for murdering 22 people in the May 2017 attack.
Merseyside Police have said it could take “years” to obtain details of what Rudakubana was looking at on his computers from Microsoft and Google.
But after being contacted by The Sun, Google claims the process can take just days.
A spokeswoman for the firm said: “We are in touch with police to support their inquiries with regards to this case.’’
A Merseyside Police spokesman responded: “We have submitted requests through the correct channels for a criminal investigation.”
Yesterday, Sara Stanger, a solicitor representing the three girls’ families, said 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.
It also emerged the fiend had been under the care of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital’s mental health team but stopped engaging with them 17 months before his attack.
Why didn’t judge give Southport killer a whole life tariff?
AXEL Rudakubana carried out his twisted rampage when he was 17 years old but despite the horrific nature of his crimes, he was not given a whole life tariff.
The rare sentencing order can only be handed down to anyone aged 21 or over.
Due to Rudakubana’s age, this means he will not spend the rest of his life in prison.
Whole-life orders can sometimes be considered for those aged 18 to 20 in exceptional circumstances.
Although Rudakubana is now 18, he does not fall into this category due to the fact he was 17 when he committed his offences.
The killer was instead be given a life sentence but with a minimum tariff. This means he must spend that amount of time behind bars before he is considered for release.
The judge imposed a minimum term of 52 years, which is one of the highest on record and is thought to be the longest punishment handed to a killer of his age.
Taking into account the 175 days he has already served on remand, he will be required to serve 51 years and 190 days before he can be considered for release by the Parole Board.
Despite the length of the minimum term, it has already been referred to the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi, 23, was handed a record-breaking 55-year minimum term in 2020 for 22 murders and attempted killings. The terrorist orchestrated the 2017 atrocity when he was 20.
Prior to that, the longest minimum term imposed on a terrorist in Britain is believed to have been 50 years in the case of David Copeland.
The 22-year-old was given six life sentences for targeting Brick Lane, Soho and Brixton in 1999 in a 13-day nail bombing campaign that left three people dead and 139 injured.
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PABebe King, 6, was among the youngsters stabbed to death[/caption]
Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, was also killedPA Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
