SOUTHPORT killer Axel Rudakubana will get Hannibal Lecter-style security including a five-guard escort and feeding hatch following his attack on a prison officer.
The 18-year-old — serving 52 years for killing three girls in July — will be allowed out only briefly to shower or to exercise on the yard.
Axel Rudakubana will get Hannibal Lecter-style security following his attack on a prison officer[/caption]
He could be moved today from HMP Belmarsh, South East London, where Thursday’s scalding attack took place.
A source said: “They will treat Rudakubana much more severely. It will not be far off Hannibal Lecter because they will take no chances.”
Serial killer Lecter, played by Anthony Hopkins, was kept in a maximum- security cell in 1991 film The Silence Of The Lambs.
The source said: “Rudakubana will only be able to open the latch on his side once the officers have shut the box and closed it on their side.
“This is a huge deal in UK jails as it is considered it dehumanises inmates.
“He will be let out of his cell only after being searched and escorted by at least five officers, who will be in PPE and could use a dog.
“The unit will be locked down each time he is moved.”
Investigators fear his attack was a bid to compete with Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi, who scalded four staff at HMP Frankland, Co Durham, weeks earlier.
The source said: “Abedi has just been moved to Belmarsh. The timing is no coincidence.”
Rudakubana could now be moved to a prison in the North or to HMP Whitemoor, Cambs.
Yesterday Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said of staff attacks: “It’s a disgrace. There’s a crisis in prisons.”
The Ministry of Justice said: “We take attacks on staff incredibly seriously.”