Robert Maudsley, known as one of the UK’s most notorious serial killers, has achieved a new world record for his time spent in solitary confinement.
The infamous murderer has spent an unprecedented 16,400 consecutive days in isolation at HMP Wakefield, as reported by The Mirror.
Since 1979, the 69-year-old has been confined to a glass cell after committing three murders in prison while serving a life sentence for the 1974 killing of John Farrell. This has led to him being labelled as the UK’s most dangerous killer.
Imprisoned at the age of 21 for the murder of John Farrell, Maudsley earned the moniker ‘Hannibal the Cannibal’ due to false claims that he consumed one of his victim’s brains. He has stated that he feels ‘happy and content in solitary’ and issued a warning that he would kill again if ever released.
In the documentary ‘HMP Wakefield: Evil Behind Bars’ by Channel 5, Maudsley’s nephew Gavin, 40, from Liverpool, revealed that his uncle, although softly spoken and well-read, is content with being isolated from the rest of the world.
Requests from Maudsley to have interaction with others have consistently been denied, with him spending most of his days in a specially constructed cell. In 2021, his appeal to spend Christmas with others was rejected, and he was informed that he would remain confined in his ‘glass box’ until his death. His living space, an 18-foot by 15-foot cell built specifically for him in 1983, is shielded by bulletproof glass.
He spends 23 hours each day in the cell, sleeping on a concrete slab and using a toilet and sink that are bolted to the floor. Maudsley described his experience of spending the majority of his day in this confined space as ‘like being buried alive in a coffin.’ He also has a table and chair made of compressed cardboard.
Having been incarcerated for 49 years, Maudsley is believed to be Britain’s longest-serving prisoner after Moors murderer Ian Brady, who served 51 years before his death in 2017. The previous world record for solitary confinement was held by US prisoner Albert Woodfox, who spent 43 years in isolation before his release in 2016 and passed away last year.
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