The "most dangerous prisoner" in the UK is set to spend his 51st Christmas in an underground cell.
However, despite his isolated living situation, that hasn't stopped him from asking for a grim present.
Robert Maudsley has been incarcerated since the 1970s after being convicted of three murders and one manslaughter, per the Guardian.
Known for targeting pedophiles, rapists, and other sex offenders, Maudsley has spent the last four decades in solitary confinement.
His cell, often compared to Hannibal Lecter's fictional containment, is a bulletproof glass enclosure designed specifically for him.
According to The Sun, Maudsley spends 23 hours a day in this space, with one hour allowed for exercise.
Even on Christmas, he remains separated from all other prisoners due to his continued insistence that he would kill again if given the opportunity.
“He was told no last month but appealed against the decision and wanted to spend Christmas in the presence of other humans," Maudsley’s nephew revealed in 2021. “But he’s just been told no for the final time. Being alone for that long does something to you. He isn’t OK, and they cannot take the risk of what he might do.”
Maudsley's crimes are chilling. His first murder occurred in 1974 when John Farrell, a man who had picked Maudsley up for sex, showed him photographs of children he had abused.
Enraged, Maudsley strangled Farrell to death before surrendering to police, citing his need for psychiatric care.
While imprisoned for that crime, Maudsley killed David Francis, a convicted child molester, torturing him for nine hours before ending his life.
In 1978, he murdered two inmates in a single day: Salney Darwood, who had been jailed for killing his wife, and William Roberts.
After stabbing and strangling them, Maudsley turned himself in, reportedly telling guards: “You’ll be missing two on the roll call.”
Maudsley's cell is 18ft by 15ft and he reportedly sleeps on a stone slab, unable to see or speak to anyone else.
Despite all of this, back in 2000 he still found time to write a letter to The Times in order to ask for some gifts.
Maudsley asked for a cell so he could "see the world", but what was more chilling was his plans if he was denied.
He wrote: "[I] ask for a simple cyanide capsule which I shall willingly take and the problem of Robert John Maudsley can easily and swiftly be resolved."
He also asked for a pet budgie and promised "not to eat it".
Elsewhere in the harrowing letter he asked for either better conditions or the death penalty.
“What purpose is served by keeping me locked up 23 hours a day?” he asked. “Why even bother to feed me and to give me one hour's exercise a day? Who actually am I a risk to?”
He said the psychological toll of his confinement, adding: “As a consequence of my current treatment and confinement, I feel that all I have to look forward to is indeed psychological breakdown, mental illness, and probable suicide.”
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