Calls for 'Hannibal the Cannibal' Robert Maudsley to be removed from glass dungeon
26.02.2024 - 08:39
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A former prison officer has said that 'Hannibal the Cannibal' should be taken out of solitary confinement.
Robert Maudsley, who has killed three other inmates since being locked up in 1974, is the longest-serving prisoner in the UK penal system. The 70-year-old, from Liverpool, recently spent his 50th consecutive Christmas behind bars for his crimes.
Maudsley was locked up in 1974, aged 21, and - after killing three other inmates - has since then been kept apart from other prisoners for 45 years. As reported by the Daily Star, Maudsley had special provisions made for him at Wakefield Prison, including being kept in a glass dungeon.
The killer was kept in the underground box, measuring 18ft by 14ft for 23 hours a day in the basement. Now, as reported by the Daily Mail, Neil Samworth has come forward to argue Maudsley should be taken out of the bulletproof glass cell.
Mr Samworth, who served at HMP Strangeways in Manchester for more than a decade, is now retired after a career "surrounded" by murderers. He said: "I think it's wrong the way he has been treated. He is in total isolation and is not fair. I think his crimes are historic now and he represents no real danger to others. It's a bit like Charlie Bronson. Yes, he has had lots of fights in the past but he is an old man now.'
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