Southport killer Axel Rudakubana is manipulating system, victims’ families say

Axel Rudakubana moved to psychiatric hospital after it was concluded he could not be safely managed in prison

The Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been accused of attempting to “manipulate the system” by the families of his victims, after it emerged he had been transferred from prison to a psychiatric hospital.

Rubakubana, 19, was jailed for life in January last year, with a minimum sentence of 52 years, for the murders of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar.