Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana has won back privileges, including a TV and an enhanced weekly spending budget, amid claims guards are ‘bribing’ him to behave.
It is understood the 19-year-old has been raised from ‘basic’ to ‘standard’ treatment just weeks after he allegedly threw boiling water at a guard at HMP Belmarsh in south east London.
The incident, which is still under investigation by Met Police, is said to have involved Rudakubana boiling a kettle in his cell and throwing the scalding water through a hatch in May.
Staff were alerted by the guard’s screams and he was treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich. He was discharged after being treated for minor injuries.
But now it appears Rudakubana has had some of his privileges returned, The Sun reported.
Being elevated to ‘standard’ means the murderer can have more time out of his cell, as well as increased access to workshops, the library and the gym at the high security prison.
He will have access to Freeview TV, a DVD player and will also see his weekly allowance rise from £5.50 a week to around £20.
A source said the move was ‘outrageous’, adding: ‘They are basically bribing him to behave — by saying we’ll give you a telly and you can keep it if you don’t attack anyone.’
Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana has won back privileges, including a TV and an enhanced weekly spending budget, amid claims guards are ‘bribing’ him to behave
The 19-year-old triple murderer reportedly hurled boiling water at a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh (pictured) in Thamesmead, east London, where he is serving a life sentence
Reform MP Richard Tice said the move to elevate Rudakubana’s privileges amounted to the murderer being ‘rewarded for bad behaviour’
Rudakubana was jailed for life after launching an attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last July, in which he murdered Bebe King (left), Elsie Dot Stancome (middle) and Alica da Silva Aguiar (right)
Reform MP Richard Tice said: ‘I’m appalled. It feels like he is being rewarded for bad behaviour.’
Rudakubana is serving 52 years for killing Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, at a dance class in July last year.
The incident at Belmarsh came as serious assaults on prison officers increased 19 per cent in a year, according to Home Office figures.
Daily Mail has contacted Belmarsh Prison for comment.
