19岁的Axel Rudakubana因在2024年7月29日针对Taylor Swift主题舞蹈班发动攻击而被判终身监禁，附加52年刑期，他杀害了9岁的Alice da Silva Aguiar、6岁的Bebe King和7岁的Elsie Dot Stancombe [1]。近日Rudakubana从高度安全监狱Belmarsh转移至精神病院Broadmoor，此举引发受害者家属律师的强烈抗议 [1]。
受害者家属律师Chris Walker表示，"这是他试图从狱中重新伤害家属的深切担忧"，并指出家属在7月22日收到转移通知信，但未获详细说明 [1]。律师坚持认为没有证据表明Rudakubana在案发时患有精神疾病，主张其应在监狱而非医院服刑 [1]。
虽然Rudakubana在2019年至2023年期间曾接受Alder Hey儿童NHS基金会医疗信托的心理健康护理，并因携带刀具上学和研究学校屠杀事件被转介到英国反极端主义项目Prevent [1]，但律师仍对这一转移决定提出质疑。住房部长Sally Jameson表示将尽快将其送回监狱 [1]。
Axel Rudakubana, the 19-year-old convicted of killing three young children in Southport, has been transferred from the high-security Belmarsh prison to Broadmoor, a maximum-security psychiatric hospital, prompting sharp criticism from the victims' legal representatives [1]. Rudakubana was sentenced to life imprisonment with an additional 52-year term for the deaths of nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar, six-year-old Bebe King, and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe in an attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29, 2024 [1].
The victims' families received notification of the transfer on July 22, though without detailed explanation [1]. Their lawyer, Chris Walker, expressed serious concern about the move, stating: "This is his deep concern that he is trying to retraumatise families from cell" [1]. Walker maintained that there is no evidence Rudakubana suffered from mental illness at the time of the offense and argued he should remain in prison rather than a hospital [1]. Housing Secretary Sally Jameson responded by pledging to return him to prison as quickly as possible [1].
Records show that between 2019 and 2023, Rudakubana received mental health care through Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust [1]. He had previously been referred to Britain's counterextremism Prevent program following incidents involving carrying a knife to school and researching mass shooting events [1].