Police investigate alleged attack on prison officer by Southport killer

Police are investigating an alleged onslaught connected a situation serviceman by Southport slayer Axel Rudakubana connected Thursday, according to a study successful the Sun.

A Prison Service spokesperson said: "Police are investigating an onslaught connected a situation serviceman astatine HMP Belmarsh yesterday.

"Violence successful situation volition not beryllium tolerated and we volition ever propulsion for the strongest imaginable punishment for attacks connected our hardworking staff."

The 18-year-old was sentenced to a minimum of 52 years successful January for the execution of 3 young girls successful an onslaught connected a creation people successful the Merseyside town.

The study successful the Sun has said that Rudakubana threw boiling h2o implicit the officer.