Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been charged with multiple assaults on prison officers at HMP Belmarsh.
The 19-year-old was charged on Tuesday over the three separate alleged attacks in 2025, the Metropolitan Police said.
He was jailed for a minimum of 52 years for the murders of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and the attempted murders of eight other children, class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.
In May last year, it was alleged he used a kettle in his cell to heat water up and then poured boiling water over a prison officer.
Other guards heard their colleague’s screams and restrained Rudakubana following the attack, it is alleged.
The prison officer was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure and was discharged later that day before returning to work.
The Prison Service said at the time: ‘Police are investigating an attack on a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh.
‘Violence in prison will not be tolerated and we will always push for the strongest possible punishment for attacks on our hard-working staff.’
Axel Rudakubana was charged on Tuesday over the three separate alleged attacks in 2025
In May last year, it was alleged he used a kettle in his cell to heat water up and then poured boiling water over a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh
The Metropolitan Police said Rudakubana has been charged with the following:
- Assault on an emergency worker on Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Attempted grievous bodily harm on Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Unauthorised possession of an offensive weapon in prison on Thursday, June 26, 2025
- Assault on an emergency worker on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
He will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court via videolink on September 11.
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