Doncaster MP and Minister Sally Jameson says Axel Rudakubana will be returned to jail “as soon as possible,”

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana will be returned to jail “as soon as possible,” a Doncaster MP has said after it emerged he has been moved to Broadmoor pyschiatric hospital.

Rudakubana is serving a 52-year sentence after the fatal stabbing of three girls, and the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, Merseyside, in July 2024.

He has been accused of trying to "manipulate the system" after being transferred from prison to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital.

The killer, who was 17 at the time of the attack, pleaded guilty to killing Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven.

Rudakubana, now 19, was transferred from Category A jail Belmarsh to Broadmoor high-security hospital on Thursday.

The lawyer representing the families of the three girls, Chris Walker of Bond Turner, said that while the news would "devastate them at any time", it comes ahead of the second anniversary of the attack next Wednesday.

He said: "The three families we represent have been made aware of this development in the last 48 hours and it is safe to say that whilst this news would devastate them at any time, the fact that this has occurred as we approach the second anniversary in our view is another move by AR [Axel Rudakubana] who would appear to be attempting, once again, to manipulate the system.

"We have been given the barest of details and whilst we are supporting the families through this, we are urgently seeking a meeting with the appropriate authorities to understand the situation before commenting further."

Doncaster Central MP Sally Jameson, a junior housing minister and former prison officer, said Rudakubana would be returned to prison "as soon as possible".

Asked about the suggestion of him receiving benefits after the hospital move, she told LBC: "It's not right, I sincerely hope that he won't be qualifying for benefits."

She said prison hospitals are "not like ordinary hospitals", adding: "He will be kept under very stringent conditions, befitting actually to his crime, but also the level of security that needs to be put around him.

"And I'm confident that he will be returned to prison as soon as possible and serve out his sentence.

"And I agree that should be under the most punitive and solitary conditions."