Southport knife attacker Axel Rudakubana, 18, hospitalised jail guard at HMP Belmarsh through hurling scalding water over them in ‘pre-planned assault’

Southport killer Axel Rudakubanu has thrown sizzling water over a jail guard, in a scary pre-planned assault from a touchdown.

The 18-year-old triple assassin, who used to be sentenced to 52 years for the murders of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancome, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, poured boiling water over the officer at HMP Belmarsh in southeast London on Thursday.

Other guards heard their colleague’s screams and restrained Rudakubana following the assault. 

It used to be feared the killer had added sugar to the scalding water in a bid to purpose extra serious accidents.

However, it’s understood that the jail officer used to be taken to sanatorium as a precautionary measure and used to be discharged later that day. He is because of go back to paintings subsequent week.

A supply advised The Sun: ‘It turns out miraculous he used to be no longer extra badly harm, and fortuitously the water used to be no longer combined with sugar.

Saying that Rudakubana’s regime would ‘now be extremely strict’, they added: ‘He is obviously no longer rehabilitated in any respect, and somebody like him has not anything to lose.’

An investigation has since been introduced to resolve how Rudakubanu acquired boiling water to throw over a jail guard.

The 18-year-old triple assassin poured boiling water over the officer at HMP Belmarsh (above) in southeast London on Thursday

It comes after the Southport monster used to be jailed for lifestyles after launching an assault on a Taylor Swift-themed dance magnificence in Southport final July, the place he murdered Bebe King (left), Elsie Dot Stancome (center) and Alica da Silva Aguiar (proper)

The Prison Service mentioned: ‘Police are investigating an assault on a jail officer at HMP Belmarsh.

‘Violence in jail is probably not tolerated and we can at all times push for the most powerful conceivable punishment for assaults on our hard-working personnel.’

A Scotland Yard spokesperson mentioned: ‘The Met is investigating after a jail officer used to be topic to a major attack at HMP Belmarsh at the afternoon of Thursday, 8 May.’

It comes after the Southport monster used to be jailed for lifestyles after launching an assault on a Taylor Swift-themed dance magnificence in Southport final July, the place he murdered 3 younger women.

He has been caged at the similar protected unit as Manchester Arena terrorist, Hashem Abedi, who assaulted jail guards in HMP Frankland final month.

It is assumed Abedi is in a segregation unit the place prisoners shouldn’t have any touch with different inmates.

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick mentioned the alleged assault through Rudakubana used to be the ‘3rd astonishing safety failure at a most sensible safety jail’.

In a submit on X, Mr Jenrick mentioned: ‘Warning after caution has been unnoticed. I for my part raised safety at HMP Belmarsh simply final week.

‘This is a complete blown disaster. No extra long ‘opinions’ – the Justice Secretary must act NOW.’

In a separate submit, he mentioned: ‘The Justice Secretary suspended get right of entry to to kitchens in shut supervision centres after the final assault. But it is reported that deranged killers nonetheless have get right of entry to to kettles?! My ideas this night time are with the officer affected. The protection of jail officials *should* come first.’