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Axel Rudakubana, the teen convicted of the horrific Southport attacks that killed three girls and wounded ten others, has been moved from prison to Broadmoor Hospital — a high-security psychiatric facility — after clinical psychologists deemed him too dangerous to manage in a prison setting. Despite the transfer, his 52-year sentence remains unchanged. At just 17 when he carried out the attack, Rudakubana also targeted two adults who tried to stop him, and authorities later found ricin and weapons at his home. He had previously been referred to the Prevent program three times and was involved in a violent incident at Belmarsh. His treatment at Broadmoor will be under the Mental Health Act, and he won’t return to prison until deemed no longer medically in need of hospital care — without any impact on his sentence.

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