Southport killer Axel Rudakubana facing 'half a century in solitary confinement'

Rudakubana murdered Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last year.

He was jailed for life and must serve a minimum of 52 years before he can be considered for release. However, legal experts have suggested it is unlikely he will ever be released.

A former inmate who had experience with Rudakubana told The Sun: "He is being shown no mercy in prison.

"He is at risk every day and was incredibly stupid to 'kettle' the screw so early into his sentence.

"I wouldn't be surprised if he spends the rest of his sentence in solitary. All the inmates hate him and the prison officers won't be happy with him either because he attacked one of their own.

"He will have nothing to help him pass the time."

The prison source added Rudakubana was refusing to wash or cut his hair and was 'living like a tramp."

They believed the 19-year-old "was planning to kill himself in some final act of control towards his victims’ families", having lost weight and being in possession of sleeping pills.

According to the eyewitness, a guard sits outside Rudakubana's Contingency Suite at Belmarsh "24 hours a day and checks on the prisoner every 30 minutes" with only the "governor and one officer having a key".

Rudakubana is reportedly now being treated as even more dangerous and won't be receiving any privileges.

The families of Rudakubana's victims have expressed their support for a re-examination of the actions of the killer’s parents, as police confirmed they were assessing evidence given to the public inquiry.

Alphonse Rudakubana and Laetitia Muzayire gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry in November, where they both apologised to the bereaved families during the hearings at Liverpool Town Hall.

Solicitor Chris Walker, of Bond Turner, representing the families of Elsie, Bebe and Alice, said: “On behalf of the three bereaved families, we wish to express our full support for any reopening or re-examination of the evidence in relation to the conduct of AR’s parents.

“Any further inquiry into the behaviour in question is unequivocally supported by all of our clients.We are confident that a criminal investigation will conclude that an offence has been committed."

In her evidence, Ms Muzayire told the inquiry: "There are many things that Alphonse and I wish we had done differently, anything that might have prevented the horrific event of July 29 2024.

"(For) our failure, we are profoundly sorry. We pray every day for the children and their families, and for God’s comfort to surround them."

The inquiry heard a week before the murders Mr Rudakubana had stopped his son from getting into a taxi because he believed he was going to carry out an attack at his former school.

In a message to his wife later that day, he said: "Our child needs to be protected. Imagine how those things have faded away and he could have been killed or imprisoned for good/for life."

Mr Rudakubana accepted that by this time he was aware that his son had access to a "small arsenal of weapons" in the home, including a bow and arrow and a knife.

He said he regretted not calling the police after accepting delivery of a machete his son had ordered in June 2023.

Following their evidence, bereaved families called for the parents to be held to account for their actions.

Elsie’s parents Jenni and David Stancombe said: "Parents should be culpable when they knowingly allow such evil to exist unchecked under their own roof, when they know what their child is capable of and choose to do nothing."

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