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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Catherine Wylie,Helen Corbett and George Thompson

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana accused of trying to ‘manipulate the system’ for move to hospital

The lawyer representing the families of three girls murdered by Axel Rudakubana have accused the Southport killer of trying to “manipulate the system” after he was transferred from prison to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital.

Rudakubana was jailed for life with a minimum term of 52 years for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; Bebe King, six; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults.

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