Axel Rudakubana has been charged with three attacks while in prison and with possessing a weapon. Police say the offences took place at HMP Belmarsh over six months from May to October 2025.
The 19-year-old murdered Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and injured eight other children and two adults in an attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July 2024. He was given a 52-year sentence in January 2025 and, earlier this month, was moved to a secure psychiatric hospital.
Rudakubana is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court remotely on 11 September.
What offences has he been charged with?
He has been charged with the following four offences:
- Assault on an emergency worker on 6 May 2025
- Attempted grievous bodily harm on 8 May 2025
- Unauthorised possession of an offensive weapon in prison on 26 June 2025
- Assault on an emergency worker on 28 October 2025
In May 2025, it was reported boiling water had been thrown on a prison officer at Belmarsh. They were taken to hospital and discharged on the same day.
Why was he moved from Belmarsh?
On 23 July, the MoJ confirmed Rudakubana was transferred from HMP Belmarsh to Broadmoor, a high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire.
Under the Mental Health Act, the MoJ is likely to have had no choice but to accept doctors' recommendations about whether Rudakubana could be held safely in prison.
When Rudakubana was jailed, the judge was unable to impose a whole life order due to him being under-18 when he carried out the attack. He will likely never be released.
The decision to transfer him was criticised by a lawyer representing the families of victims.
