Southport attack survivor calls for kitchen knives to be blunt tipped

Dance teacher Leanne Lucas launches campaign against traditional pointed knives that can be used as weapons A dance teacher who survived a knife attack in Southport by Axel Rudakabana last summer has started a campaign calling for pointed kitchen knives to be replaced by ones with blunt tips. Leanne Lucas, 36, was critically injured in […]

Southport killer ‘to be fed through a hatch’ like Hannibal Lector

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana will get Hannibal Lecter treatment, including a five-guard escort and will be fed through a hatch following his brazen attack on a prison officer. The 18-year-old who is serving 52 years for killing three girls in July will only be allowed out briefly to shower or to exercise on the yard. […]

Axel Rudakubana attacks prison officer with hot water in Belmarsh

Axel Rudakubana has reportedly thrown scalding water over a prison officer in a horrific assault at HMP Belmarsh. The officer was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich but escaped serious injury and was discharged the same day. The Prison Service said: “Police are investigating an attack on a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh. “Violence […]