Southport killer Axel Rudakubana faces grim threat in jail after sick boast about victims

When Axel Rudakubana launched a frenzied weapon onslaught connected a children's creation class, sidesplitting 3 guiltless small girls, helium had nary mercy - but now, helium volition beryllium the 1 to endure successful jailhouse according to experts

Southport triple murderer Axel Rudakubana was sickeningly hopeless for notoriety - but present the attraction helium agelong sought aft volition haunt him successful jail, 1 adept says.

The twisted teen was yesterday sentenced to beingness down bars with a minimum word of 52 years for the execution and attempted execution of guiltless chilren and their teachers successful July 2024. One greeting past summer, the then-17-year-old took a taxi to a Taylor Swift-themed creation people successful Southport with a room weapon and rampaged done a crowded country of youngsters.

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were brutally murdered successful wide daylight. Earlier this week, Rudakubana, 18, pleaded blameworthy to each charges, and volition present apt walk the remainder of his years successful prison. He volition beryllium astir 70 earlier helium could adjacent beryllium considered for release, but arsenic the justice said successful court, it seems improbable helium volition ever beryllium freed.

Sentencing the killer, Mr Justice Goose said: "In conscionable 15 minutes, Rudakubana murdered 3 children and attempted to execution 8 different children and 2 adults. He was prevented from murdering much lone by the flight of different children. He volition service astir the full of his beingness successful custody. I see it apt helium volition ne'er beryllium released, and helium volition beryllium successful custody for each of his life."

The tribunal heard however Rudakubana showed nary remorse for his merciless attack. Instead, helium bragged astir his murders to constabulary and chillingly said, "I'm gladsome they're dead". The slayer boasted that helium felt "happy" 1 unfortunate was arsenic young arsenic six. But successful court, helium showed his existent cowardice arsenic for the astir part, helium refused to talk erstwhile addressed and ever wore a disguise oregon covered his look with his hoodie.

Many person refused to accidental his sanction retired large and the parents of 1 of the injured children yesterday assured that helium volition not execute the presumption helium wants. They said: "He volition not triumph though. He volition not summation the notoriety helium truthful desperately craves. He volition not beryllium remembered. When we deliberation of Southport, we volition deliberation of the girls. Their bravery. Their strength."

Criminologist and scientist Alex Iszatt told the Mirror that Rudakubana's heavy obsession with utmost unit displayed a "desire for control, designation and possibly a legacy". She said: "This craving for demolition seemed to beryllium an effort to permission a people connected the world arsenic if unit was the lone mode to summation the designation agelong sought."

But down bars, Rudakubana's notoriety volition instrumentality him nary favours and it is apt helium volition beryllium met with disgust, outrage and unit by his chap inmates. Senior researcher and situation behaviour specializer John Eastham told the Mirror: "Axel Rudakubana's beingness down bars volition beryllium shaped by his age, the media scrutiny of his crimes, and his behaviour some successful tribunal and wrong the situation system.

"At conscionable 18, Rudakubana whitethorn beryllium housed successful a young offenders' instauration oregon a segregated portion wrong an big situation for his protection. However, the quality of his crimes and the extended media sum mean helium is apt to look hostility from chap inmates. High-profile offenders, peculiarly those progressive successful convulsive oregon high-profile crimes, often go targets successful prison."

Mr Eastham, from the British Lie Detector Test, said it is apt the murderer volition beryllium segregated pursuing convulsive attacks, which whitethorn further isolate him and bounds his interactions. "His behaviour successful court, marked by disruptions and a deficiency of remorse raises important concerns astir his willingness to prosecute with rehabilitation," helium continued.

"Reports of his restitution with the calamity helium caused constituent to a troubling deficiency of accountability and empathy, which could hinder his information successful programmes designed to code behavioural issues and trim the hazard of reoffending. That said, the situation strategy does connection structured opportunities for reflection and reform."

Rudakubana has the adjacent 5 decades to enactment connected himself and deliberation again and again astir his heinous crimes, astir apt wrong the 4 walls of an isolated azygous cell, but according to Mr Eastham, "his existent disposition suggests that meaningful rehabilitation volition necessitate a large displacement successful his cognition and mindset", and helium whitethorn ne'er change.

Explaining however his sought-after notoriety volition backfire, Mr Eastham said: "Ultimately, portion the situation situation provides avenues for growth, Rudakubana's notoriety and the convulsive quality of his crimes are apt to marque him a people among inmates. This could effect successful a much challenging and isolated situation experience, which whitethorn further complicate his future."

Former captive Rich Jones besides believes that unit awaits Rudakubana and has said justness volition beryllium served. He told our sister paper, the Liverpool Echo: "If radical tin get to him they volition get to him and it volition beryllium a substance of erstwhile helium gets connected the wings, if idiosyncratic has an axe to grind successful there, and they privation to grind it, they volition grind it with him due to the fact that of what helium has done."

Rich, who is simply a British Army seasoned and served 7 years for conspiracy to proviso cocaine, continued: "There volition beryllium immoderate benignant of justness determination down the line, and it volition beryllium thing helium has to woody with for the remainder of his life." The erstwhile convict said Rudakubana mightiness look periods of segregation and beryllium successful for a "really bumpy ride".