{"id":168728,"date":"2025-06-08T22:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T22:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/168728\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T22:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T22:46:12","slug":"southport-monster-axel-rudakubana-eyes-move-to-cushy-secure-hospital-as-he-has-tests-to-see-if-hes-mad-or-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/168728\/","title":{"rendered":"Southport monster Axel Rudakubana eyes move to ‘cushy’ secure hospital as he has tests to see if he’s ‘mad or bad’"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOUTHPORT monster Axel Rudakubana is being considered for a move from prison to a \u201ccushy\u201d secure hospital, The Sun can reveal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Triple child killer Rudakubana, 18,<\/a> has had assessments with therapists and psychologists over whether he is \u201cmad not bad\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Axel Rudakubana is eyeing a move from jail to a cushier secure hospitalCredit: PA\"Exterior<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Southport killer is said to be keen to be switched from Belmarsh prison to Broadmoor, Ashworth or RamptonCredit: Reuters<\/p>\n

If the fiend<\/a> is cleared for treatment in a mental health unit he could be switched from HMP Belmarsh<\/a> to either Broadmoor<\/a>, Ashworth or Rampton hospitals.<\/p>\n

Inmates at England\u2019s three top-secure psychiatric units are treated as \u201cpatients\u201d rather than prisoners, with a focus on their therapy.<\/p>\n

Any move would spark controversy also hit the taxpayer with a much higher bill \u2013 of \u00a3325,000 per year compared to \u00a357,000 in prison<\/a> – for Rudakubana\u2019s<\/a> care.<\/p>\n

It comes after we told how Rudakubana – serving at least 52 years – was still allowed canteen treats at HMP Belmarsh<\/a> despite a scalding water attack<\/a> on a guard at the jail on May 8.<\/p>\n

And a source said: \u201cRudakubana has had the initial tests to see whether he can be classed as mentally ill and moved to a hospital unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cConversations are happening now about his future, after he was being assessed by therapists, psychologists and other medical experts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is very keen for a move because but others at Belmarsh think he is gaming the system.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe knows he would be on easy street at any hospital, as opposed to Belmarsh which is one of the toughest prisons in the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are serving a sentence as long as his, you would want to be in a secure hospital unit rather than prison.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo officer at Belmarsh believes he is mentally ill but he says the right things in meetings.<\/p>\n

Southport fiend Axel Rudakubana hurled scalding water over prison guard in ‘terrifying’ attack putting victim in hospital<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was also treated by the NHS before the Southport attack which means he is more likely to be eligible for life in a secure hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he was moved, he would be kept in better conditions, with all the rooms single ones and less restrictions on things like TV and DvDs plus visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancs, was caged for life in January for the \u201csadistic\u201d murders of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar<\/a> at a Taylor Swift<\/a> themed dance class in Southport last July.<\/p>\n

When he was sentenced it was revealed he had been under the care of an NHS mental health service between 2019 and 2023 – until he \u201cstopped engaging\u201d.<\/p>\n

The fiend has been held under strict conditions at Category A Belmarsh Prison, London.<\/p>\n

But we told last month how he was able to hurl boiling water at a guard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our source added: \u201cSince the attack, the Governor at Belmarsh has been trying to move Rudakubana on.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut no Category A jails want to accept him and there are a lack of suitable places.<\/p>\n

\u201cRudakubana would also be less of a target himself for attack in a hospital than he is in prison.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe would also get 10 times more than he does in prison, in terms of care and conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not right given his horrific crimes but it could happen and the decision will be taken pretty soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ministry of Justice<\/a> sources confirmed initial assessments had started \u2013 but said no hospital referral had been \u201cinitiated\u201d or was ongoing.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s secure hospitals have held some of the country\u2019s most heinous killers including Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe<\/a>, Moors Murderer Ian Brady<\/a> and double cop killer Dale Cregan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe was held at Broadmoor<\/a> from 1984 to 2016 and had his own TV and DVD player in a private room with James Bond posters on the walls.<\/p>\n

The secure hospital\u2019s website explains its focus on therapy and psychology-based treatment \u2013 with patients encouraged to take part in arts and crafts, sport and social activities.<\/p>\n

A central building \u2013 surrounded by gardens \u2013 contains a caf\u00e9, shop and hairdresser, woodwork and ceramics workshops, classrooms and a \u201cmulti-faith sanctuary\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Bebe King, 6, died in the Southport attack\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

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Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, was another victim\"Smiling<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alice Da Silva Aguiar, 9, also lost her life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTHPORT monster Axel Rudakubana is being considered for a move from prison to a \u201ccushy\u201d secure hospital, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,30,188,560,257,210,29265,529,820,118,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-168728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-exclusives","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-mental-health-and-illness","14":"tag-murderers-and-serial-killers","15":"tag-police","16":"tag-section-newsuk-news","17":"tag-the-sun-newspaper","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114650178265150054","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}