Southport killer Axel Rudakubana moved to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital

Axel Rudakubana, the man responsible for the Southport killings, has been transferred from prison to a high-security psychiatric hospital, The Guardian reports in an exclusive. Sources tell the paper he was moved earlier this week from Belmarsh, a category A prison, to Broadmoor after clinical assessments concluded he could not be safely managed in a prison environment. Broadmoor is one of England's best-known secure psychiatric hospitals, reserved for patients deemed to pose a serious risk. The decision followed an assessment by psychologists, according to the sources who spoke to the paper.

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