Southport killer to appear in court charged with assaults on prison staff

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana will appear in court on Monday charged with assaults on prison staff at Belmarsh. Rudakubana, now 20, 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. He carried out the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 2024. Rudakubana has been charged with attempting to cause grievous bodily harm in May 2025, assaulting an emergency worker in October 2025 and possession of an offensive weapon in prison in June 2025, court documents show. It is alleged that the weapon…