The triple murderer will spend decades behind bars after he was sentenced this weekChild muderer Axel Rudakubana is to serve at least 52 years in prison.
He stabbed to death Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on July 29.Now, the 18-year-old will be prisoners’ “number one target”, a former inmate has said, and will even have to fear cleaners.He has been locked up at HMP Belmarsh, in south east London, which has a capacity of 900.Rudakubana will wear a paper jumpsuit, so he won’t be able to harm himself, and his cell will contain only 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.”They added: “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.”
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.”It comes after the killer of 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s, Urfan, had his throat slashed in Belmarsh despite being under close supervision.Tommy Robinson is in the same prison currently after admitting contempt of court. It is thought that his supports could target Rudakubana to impress him.A Cabinet minister has suggested international law prevents whole-life orders being expanded to cover offenders under the age of 18.
Speaking to Sky News, Defence Secretary John Healey said: “There are limits on international, United Nations law that prevent us having a court system that will impose unlimited sentences on under 18-year-olds.
“But in practice, I can’t see this man ever coming out of prison, I don’t want to see this man ever coming out of prison, and the judge yesterday when he sentenced him to 52 years was also quite clear he doesn’t expect him to come out of prison in the futu
re.”