Robert Maudsley

Robert Maudsley
Born
Robert John Maudsley

(1953-06-26) 26 June 1953 (age 71)
Other namesHannibal the Cannibal
The Brain Eater
Conviction(s)3 counts of murder, 1 count of manslaughter
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment (whole life tariff)
Details
Victims4
Span of crimes
1974–1978
CountryEngland
Location(s)London, Broadmoor, Wakefield Prison

Robert John Maudsley (born 26 June 1953)[1] is an English man convicted of multiple murders. Maudsley killed four people, with one of the killings taking place in a psychiatric hospital and two in prison after receiving a life sentence for a murder.[2] Initial reports falsely stated he ate part of the brain of one of the men he killed in prison, which earned him the nickname "Hannibal the Cannibal" from parts of the British press[3] and "The Brain Eater" amongst other prisoners. National newspapers were advised that the allegations were untrue, according to the post-mortem report.[4] Maudsley is the longest-serving British prisoner in solitary confinement.[5]

Early life

Robert Maudsley was the fourth of 12 children, born in Speke, Liverpool. He spent his early years in a Catholic orphanage in Crosby, with his three older siblings.[6] At the age of eight, Maudsley and his three older siblings were retrieved by their parents. Robert was subjected to routine physical abuse from his father until he was removed from their care by social services.[3] Maudsley later stated that he was raped as a child by his father, and such early abuse left deep psychological scars.

As a teenager during the late 1960s, Maudsley was a sex worker in London, using his income to support his drug addiction. He was forced to seek psychiatric help after several suicide attempts. He told doctors that he claimed to hear voices telling him to kill his parents.[3] He is quoted as saying "If I had killed my parents in 1970, none of these people would have died."[3][7]

Murders

In 1974,[8] Maudsley garrotted John Farrell in Wood Green, London. Farrell picked up Maudsley for sex and showed him pictures of children he had sexually abused.[3] Maudsley surrendered himself to police, saying he needed psychiatric care. Maudsley was found unfit to stand trial and was sent to Broadmoor Hospital.

In 1977, he and another patient, David Cheeseman, who was serving a sentence for the rape and sexual assault of a sixteen-year-old girl,[9] locked themselves in a cell with a third patient, David Francis, a convicted child molester.[3] The attack was claimed to be in revenge for a "homosexual attack" on one of the friends of the two men.[9] They tortured him to death over a period of nine hours. After this incident, Maudsley was convicted of manslaughter and sent to Wakefield Prison. He disliked the transfer and made it clear he wanted to return to Broadmoor.[3] Maudsley was later sentenced to life imprisonment, with a recommendation that he never be released.[citation needed]

In 1978, Maudsley killed two fellow prisoners at Wakefield Prison in one day. He had originally set out to kill seven.[3] His first victim was Salney Darwood, imprisoned for killing his wife.[3] At the time, Darwood had been giving Maudsley French lessons.[10] Maudsley invited Darwood to his cell, where he garrotted and stabbed him before hiding his body under his bed. He then attempted to lure other prisoners into his cell, but all refused.[3]

Maudsley then prowled the wing hunting for a second victim, cornering and stabbing prisoner William Roberts to death as he was lying in his bed. He hacked at Roberts' skull with a makeshift dagger and then struck his head against the wall multiple times. Maudsley calmly walked into the wing office, placed the dagger on the table and told the officer that the next roll call would be two short.[3]

Maudsley states his victims were rapists, paedophiles or sex offenders,[11] and that those are the people to whom he is a threat.[8]

Victims

  • John Farrell, age 30, on 14 March 1974. Farrell showed Maudsley photographs of children he had molested.
  • David Francis, age 26, on 26 February 1977. Francis was a convicted child molester, sentenced to Broadmoor.[3]
  • Salney Darwood, age 46, on 29 July 1978. Darwood was imprisoned for sexual-assault[10] and the killing of his wife.[3]
  • William Roberts, age 56, on 29 July 1978. Convicted for sexually assaulting a 7-year old girl.

Solitary confinement

In 1983, Maudsley was deemed too dangerous for a normal cell. Prison authorities built a two-cell unit in the basement of Wakefield Prison. Due to his history of violence, when outside his cell he is escorted by at least four prison officers.[3]

In March 2000, Maudsley unsuccessfully pleaded for the terms of his solitary confinement to be relaxed, or to be allowed to take his own life via a cyanide capsule. He asked for a pet budgerigar, which was denied.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Prentice, Eve-Ann (24 February 2003). "'I feel I've been buried alive'". The Times.
  2. ^ Ford, Richard (29 June 2017). "Serial killer Robert Maudsley held in solitary for 39 years". The Times.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Thompson, Tony (27 April 2003). "The caged misery of Britain's real 'Hannibal the Cannibal'". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ "News & Features". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  5. ^ "From Rose West to Peter Sutcliffe: All the people on whole-life sentences in prison right now". glouchesterlive.co.uk. 1 January 2021. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. ^ Dunn, Connor (15 July 2018). "'Brain-Eater' killer is now 40 YEARS into solitary confinement stretch". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Tragic life that led to Hannibal killings". Liverpool Echo. 7 May 2003. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "Killer begs for budgie or suicide". BBC News. 23 March 2000. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  9. ^ a b Balls, Richard (6 July 2006). "Killer on day release cleared of rape". Eastern Daily Press.
  10. ^ a b Appleyard, Nick (2009). Life Means Life: Jailed Forever: True Stories of Britain's Most Evil Killers. London, England: John Blake Publishing. ISBN 9781843589617.
  11. ^ "Killer creature comforts: pet or poison". 22 March 2000.

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