Why the longest prisoner in UK Hannibal Cannibal is stuck inside a glass cell 23 hours a day

While the Robert Maudsley serial killer goes on hunger strike, the mirror looks at the lifelong life of the UK in the “prison inside a prison” and why he can never mix with his prisoners

Robert Maudsley entered the hunger strike

For 46 years, Robert Maudsley It was kept in a solitary imprisonment, spending 23 hours a day on a 18 -meter glass cell on a 15 -meter, which it previously resembled it is “buried in life in a coffin”. But why is the criminal held so firmly blocked by world Compared to other serial killers?

The 71 -year -old who is currently on hunger strike, is considered far too dangerous to mix with his prisoners, even on Christmas Day, and at the time of writing, holds the record for The longest British prisoner in solitary prison.

He is too The longest prisoner in the UK, After the death of killer Moors, Ian Brady, who served 51 years in prison and died in 2017. Maudsley, known as “Bob” for family members, was first closed in 1974 for killing the abuser John Farrell, which he raised after pedophil I showed pictures with children.

Then, at the age of 21, Maudsley was convicted of murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility and was sent to Broadmoor. However, while he was at the High Security Psychiatry Hospital, his killing increase truly went.

Killer in series has been kept in 46 -year -old solitary prison(Image: Unknown)

In 1977, Maudsley and another patient took a pedophile host and tortured him for nine hours inside a baricaded room. Then they gasped the sexual offender and showed their lifeless body for the guards through the spy hatch.

As a result of this disturbing incident, psychiatrists considered that Maudsley untreated. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the normal criminal justice system, who saw him sent to Wakefield prison. But the killings did not stop, and in 1978, Maudsley brutally killed two other prisoners in a single after – -being, after initially proposed to kill seven.

At this moment, Maudsley was considered too dangerous to be kept with other detainees, and thus, since 1983, it has been kept in a solitary cell. Sensationalist reports have claimed that Maudsley actually ate one of the brain of his victims, winning the nickname “Hannibal the Cannibal”.

Maudsley denied that any cannibalism had been produced during the attacks. However, the conditions under which it is kept remarkable with those of the fictitious cannibal lecter cannibal.

Spend 23 hours a day in his glass resistant glass cell(Image: BBC)

Complete with windows resistant to bullets, Maudsley is given food through a small slot in the door. His table and chair were made of compressed cardboard, while the cellular toilet and sink are fastened to the floor. Over the years, he has tried to improve his full insulation and, in 2021, lost a call to spend Christmas with other prisoners. At that time, he claimed that he “wanted to spend Christmas in the presence of other people,” but said “no”, as the Daily Star reported.

In a letter written at The Times, Maudsley asked why he was not even allowed to converse with other prisoners through a window. Opening about his experiences in the “glass cage”, Maudsley wrote: “The prison authorities see me as a problem, and their solution was to put me in solitary prison and to throw the key, to bury me in a concrete coffin. It doesn’t matter to them if I’m crazy or bad.

“I remained to stagnate, vegetate and regress; I let myself face my solitary head with people who have eyes, but do not see and have ears, but do not hear, who have mouths.

He continued: “Why can’t I have a friend instead of flies, cockroaches and spiders I currently have? I promise to love him and not eat it. “

This week, The Mirror revealed Maudsley left after hunger strike after prison The guards took it on his PlayStationTV, books and music system, who play no more eating until the guards have returned their appreciated goods. It is believed that this hunger strike was triggered by an “operational exercise” performed at Wakefield on February 26. Maudsley’s family understands that the prison has entered the crisis mode – with the detainees ordered in their cells, so that they can be sought – following the reports that a weapon was smuggling.

Speaking exclusively with the mirror, Maudsley’s brother, Paul Maudsley, 74, said: “He refused food last Friday, so we are very worried about him. He called me from prison that day and sounded angry and restless. He said, “I go to the hunger strike, so don’t be surprised if this is the last time I call you.”

“He used to have access to a phone inside his cells, but he stopped calling us back, so we think he had to take it. Bob is 71 years old now, so we don’t know how long he can survive without food. “

Paul, from Liverpool, continued: “Bob is kept inside a prison in prison. “For some reason, the main prison returned to normal after the operational exercise, but Bob’s section has been for several days. Bob has cried and is normally polite, but prison officers accused him of being abusive. When he finally returned to his cell, they took everything – his TV, PlayStationbooks and radio.

“He returned to the way he was 10 years ago, when he had nothing to stimulate him and he would only stay there and he was in danger of driving. He likes to play war games and chess on Playstation and always watch old TV movies and read books in fact.

“They are so important to him, it is not fair to take them for no good reason. We cannot move to anyone to find out what is happening and we are very worried. “

The Ministry of Justice has previously refused to comment.

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