Violent reality of Britain’s safest prison, “Hellmarsh” – Southport killer throws boiling water on the back, attacking more than 100 employees in a year

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s attack on a prison official at HMP Belmarsh is far from the first violence behind his wall.

Considered the safest prison in the UK, the category is an institution in southeast London known for its extremely high risk criminals, including terrorists posing a threat to national security.

Rudakubana Three murders and ten murders in a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, 52 years, were ambushed with hot water last Thursday, prompting him to be briefly taken to the hospital.

Although the attack is understood to have occurred in the medical department, the 18-year-old was reportedly taken to the same segregation department after terrorist Hashem Abedi was held at Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi was taken to the same segregation department after beating the guards in HMP Frankland in April.

Belmarsh was known as “Hellmarsh” until June 2024, when it was 103 attacks on employees, the date of the last official inspection. Of these, 11 were recorded as serious.

Rudakubana is not a Muslim, but the prison is known for its large population of Islamic terrorists who are blocked from preying on the ordinary public – targeting the attack.

Abedi, 29, helped his 22-year-old brother Salman murder 22 innocents at a concert in Ariana Grande, who had previously attacked the guards in Belmarsh.

The terrorist joined two other prisoners, and shortly after he was imprisoned in August 2020, two officers slammed them and then slammed them “like a pack of animals.”

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana throws prisoner on the water from landing

His trial learned that another Belmarsh prisoner, Aklakar Rahman, 38, repeatedly attacked Belmarsh staff and attacked another prison in Kent and wanted to be the first prisoner to kill prison officials.

Rahman served his sentence for attempted murder, treating the guard as “Kufl”, a derogatory term for non-Muslims and attempting to kill prison officials Elizabeth Franklin, John Clark and Robert Salter in 2022.

“Extremely Dangerous” inmates with schizophrenia were handed an uncertain hospital order earlier this year.

Belmarsh As of March 2025, Belmarsh had 694 prisoners, 72% of whom were British and other foreign nationals, with the largest number being Albanians – a total of 21.

While about 60% are remanded, others are high-risk sentences, with the worst being the 48-person High Security Unit (HSU) at the site, known as the “prison in prison.”

Belmarsh first opened in 1991, becoming the first adult men’s prison to be established in London since Warmwood Scrub in 1874.

Compared to similar prisons, HM Prison Chief Inspector Charlie Taylor recently described it as a “good leader” and relatively safe, but it is said to have problems with the Islamic gang.

Last month, a former prisoner at Belmarsh talked about how the groups used young members of the London Postal Code gang for radicalization.

He told him: “The terror prisoners are prisoners that everyone wants to gather.” telegraph.

Aklakar Rahman, who is currently serving a sentence for attempted murder, attacked prison officials in Belmarsh. He wants to be the first prisoner to kill prison officials, the court heard

Graffiti read “Welcome to hellmarsh” on the wall of the first night cell in the infamous prison

A cell in Belmarsh’s senior security department known as “the prison inside the prison”

Severe conditions for showers in isolation units

“Many people will look up to them, they regard them as the Second Prophet, as God. In Belmarsh, they join them with ordinary prisoners – people who commit drug crimes, GBH, with terrorists. This is where the problem lies.

“A new guy comes in and in six months or a year, they have become friends with him – those people have gone from convicted criminals to extremists.”

Sudesh Amman stabbed two people in Streatham in 2020, believed to be one of these young criminals who had been trained to be a terrorist.

According to another former inmate, he told prison activist David Shipley: “They see that he is not the smartest and is looking for a purpose.”

In the latest official inspection, 52% of Muslim prisoners said they were restricted by military officers, rather than 26% of Muslims.

Belmarsh is also home to Daniel Khalife, a former British soldier who was convicted of surveillance on Iran, David Amess Killer Ali Harbi Ali and neo-Nazi bomber David Copeland.

Kyle Clifford was given a order in March for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt, sister Hannah and their mother Carol, who was detained in Belmarsh at the Old Bailey trial.

Other Belmarsh prisoners include serial rapist and serial rapist of former TV show host Paul Ballard, who was convicted of rape and death in dangerous driving – killing the devil’s murderer, Danyal Hussein, who killed sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman.

Hashem Abedi

Other Belmarsh prisoners include Iranian spies Daniel Khalife and Grindr

Belmarsh in southeast London is a top security prison with many of the most dangerous killers, sex offenders and terrorists in the UK

Louis de Zoysa shot and killed a police sergeant on duty at the Croydon Police Station in 2020, and read terrorist attacker Khairi Saadallah and Grindr killer Stephen Port are also believed to be believed to be placed in Belmarsh.

At the last inspection, the prison was described as having a restrictive regime There are only 90 minutes of cell every day, and one-third of the time is still locked.

A survey found that 38% of inmates said it was easy to obtain illegal drugs, while more than one in five could drink alcohol, and 36% found it was easy to obtain unprescribed drugs.

For those in high security departments, a quarter said they were more likely to commit a crime again due to prison accommodation, while 58% said it made no difference.

The inspection report added that the main isolation units and isolation units in the high security sector are dirty, the showers are unhygienic, and many rooms do not even have bedding, clothes and chairs.

Prison reasons are spread with garbage, while food preparation areas are considered unsanitary.

Other Belmarsh Prisoners: 39-year-old former children’s TV host Paul Ballard convicted of rape and death for dangerous driving

David Copeland

The report concluded: “Belmarsh is a competent prison who manages some of the major operational challenges.”

After the Rudakubana attack, major issues raised against Belmarsh’s security regime.

Shadow Attorney General Robert Jenrick described the incident as “the third surprise of security failure in the top security prison.”

He refers to Hashem Abedi threw the boiling oil into three defenders before stabbing it into the quarantine unit in HMP Frankland, Durham County.

Meanwhile, John Mansfield, the murderer who was convicted in HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire last month was killed.

Sources told MailOnline that he died after a weight in the gym hit the head.