Axel Rudakubana, serving a life sentence for the 2014 Southport murders of three young girls, is accused of throwing boiling water mixed with sugar at a prison officer while at HMP Belmarsh. The allegation is that he threw the hot liquid through a hatch on his cell door, and prosecutors say it caused injuries.

Additional allegations heard in court include that Rudakubana punched another prison officer and carried out further assaults while in custody. BBC News and Sky News report he faces charges of grievous bodily harm and two other assaults of prison officers. The Mirror adds that Rudakubana claims prison officers were poisoning his food.

Across outlets, the central point is the same: Rudakubana is accused of assaulting staff at Belmarsh, involving boiling water mixed with sugar, alongside other incidents. The reporting differs mainly in how much detail is given about the specific circumstances and what Rudakubana says in response to the allegations.