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Britain’s ‘most dangerous prisoner’ gives warning about if he were ever released
A British prisoner who has been in solitary confinement for almost five decades and has been labelled the nation’s most dangerous prisoner has given guards a good reason to keep him locked away forever.
Robert Maudsley is serving a life sentence for four murders in the 1970s and has spent most of his sentence in solitary confinement inside a specially-built glass cell.
Maudsley killed four people he believed were sex offenders
He first killed a man named John Farrell in 1974 after being picked up and shown sexual images of children by him; then Maudsley handed himself in and attempted to seek psychiatric help.
Following the murder, the now 73-year-old was incarcerated for manslaughter at the famous Broadmoor Hospital.
However, shortly after he arrived, he killed paedophile David Francis.
Maudsley was subsequently moved to high-security prison HMP Wakefield, where he later killed two more sex offenders.
He made tabloid headlines for months at the time as a rumor spread that he had eaten the brain of one of his victims with a spoon, earning him the disturbing moniker 'Hannibal the Cannibal' in the press.
Reportedly, his fellow inmates called him the ‘Brain Eater’.
Thankfully, a postmortem later revealed that he had not eaten any of the man’s organ, and the rumor was proven untrue.
Understandably, Maudsley is serving a life sentence with a recommendation that he is never released.
In August, he gave his first interview in over 50 years and tragically admitted he believes he is capable of killing again.
The murderer recently warned the press he could kill again
Speaking to The Mirror, Maudsley said: "I have to be honest and say that if I had the opportunity to harm a sex offender then I would do so.
"If I met someone who had sexually abused me, I would do my best to kill them.
"When I went back to Liverpool, I had the desire to kill both my parents, and then I had the desire to harm myself.
"I wanted to get my own back, including my father, and I visualised killing my parents."
According to what Maudsley told his prison psychologist, Dr Bob Johnson, he was abused by his father for a long time and often locked in a cupboard under the stairs.
Discussing his tragic upbringing with the newspaper, Maudsley said: "We called them the drunk, and the witch.
"We referred to them by those names rather than as mother and father.
"I do have the possibility within myself to kill again, but with therapy, I think that I could overcome that."
In the same interview, the serial killer revealed that he was once cell 'neighbours' with notorious prisoner Charles Bronson, but the pair had a strained relationship.