The neighbours complained about this and Robert was finally taken away from his parents by social service authorities. The only furniture is a table and chairs made of compressed cardboard and a concrete slab for him to sleep on. Who is the prisoner in the glass cell? ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM. His other nicknamesBrain Eater, Spoons, and Hannibal the Cannibalare obvious references to his allegedly eating his victims brain after his second murder. It could mean that Maudsley had abused them but I doubt it was meant to mean that. He was failed, denied, abused, neglected, hurt in every possible way and now his life is limited to a ''glass cage''. Robert Maudsley's tough upbringing sowed the seeds of his later homicidal rage. "We didn't know them. When he was 16 years old, he moved to London, where he became a drug addict, attempted suicide many times, and was placed in psychiatric hospitals. Serial killer Robert Maudsley, 68, will 'die in underground glass box' after losing Christmas appeal for freedom. HE'S the multiple killer who has been dubbed Hannibal The Cannibal, The Brain-Eater and Jaws. I haven't heard of that case. He then casually walked over to a prison officer to announce the next roll call would be two short. However, just a single glimpse of his prison cell in Wakefield, West Yorkshire,
He is quoted as saying: I am left to stagnate, vegetate, and to regress; left to confront my solitary head-on with people who have eyes but dont see and who have ears but dont hear, who have mouths but dont speak. Robert Maudsley has been in solitary confinement in a glass cell since 1979 and is Britain's longest serving prisoner, having been caged for 47 years for the murder of four men in the 1970s. He fashioned a makeshift weapon by snapping the blade of a spoon down the middle to create a rough pointed weapon. Mass murderer Robert Maudsley, who is serving a life sentence for brutally killing four people, has warned he'll kill again if he's ever released. His application to die was made before Mr Justice Maurice Kay at Liverpool High Court. You can't put someone in solitary for 25 years and expect him to have the same social skills as a normal human being.". "I was very pleased with the progress we were making. Stay with us to know more about her obituary and what happened to her. In the late 60s, when he was still a teenager, he moved to London and did odd jobs to support himself. Niece of UK's most notorious serial killer says uncle's crimes have ruined her love life Claire Maudsley's uncle, Robert Maudsley, has been locked up for 47 years and is so dangerous that he is. For another, his crimes were not sexually motivated, or committed out of an urge to control or dominate or inflict pain for the simple sadistic pleasure of it. His father was a drunkard and a violent man, who used to beat all his kids quite regularly. Here are the podcast episodes 1 and 2 I really liked and I highly recommend. Psychological evaluators have noted that
Some say that Franciss smashed head left some of his brain visible and that Maudsley took a spoon and ate part of the brain while prison guards watched. In order to safeguard himself from the beatings, Robert would hide for days and when he would came back, he would be beaten more severely. By evening, Robert had located him. On Wednesday, March 13, 1974, Maudsley, 21, said he went to the West End to "hurt someone." He carried a knife in his pocket. Because Maudsley was able to fatally injure people despite being in high-security facilities, a special cell was constructed to protect other . After having been beaten, raped, and prostituted by older men, Maudsley was picked up for sex at age 21 by a man named John Farrell. You condemn the act, but don't condemn the person - you try to rescue the person. While in prison, he murdered 3 fellow prisoners- child abusers and murderers respectively. [CDATA[// >