Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been charged with three assaults on prison staff at Belmarsh in 2025, the Metropolitan Police said. 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 three girls and attempted murders of eight other children, class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes. The Metropolitan Police said: "A man has been charged with multiple assaults on prison staff at HMP Belmarsh.

"Axel Rudakubana, 19, has been charged with the following:

– Assault on an emergency worker on Tuesday, 6 May, 2025

– Attempted grievous bodily harm on Thursday, 8 May, 2025

– Unauthorised possession of an offensive weapon in prison on Thursday, 26 June, 2025

– Assault on an emergency worker on Tuesday, 28 October, 2025.

He will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court via videolink on September 11.

Rudakubana, now 19, was given a life sentence for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; Bebe King, six; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults.

This week marked two years since he carried out the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 2024.

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.

Last week, the Ministry of Justice confirmed that he was transferred from prison to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital.