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Britain’s Most Dangerous Prisoner Locked In Glass Cell Like Hannibal Lector

Unlike the fictional Lector, Robert Maudsley is a real serial killer and an alleged cannibal nicknamed ‘The Brain Eater’.

Andy Killoran
8 min readJan 27, 2021
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Wakefield Prison is an austere, red-brick Victorian prison. Previously it was home to military prisoners who refused to follow orders in the war. Later, Courts ordered the detention of IRA prisoners at the prison. Twenty years ago, the prison service constructed a SuperMax facility at Wakefield — the first in the UK.

Wakefield is a Category ‘A’ prison, the highest classification for British prisons: Indeed, there are so many high-profile sex-criminals, murders and violent criminals housed press commentators often call this place’ Monster Mansion’.

Islamic terrorist Kamel Bourgass is here, serving his 54-year sentence for the murder of Police Officer Stephen Oake and other crimes. Ian Watkins, the former lead singer with the Lostprophets, was convicted of various sex crimes against very young children and has also been sent here by the criminal justice system to serve out his time. The child-molester and murderer of five-year-old April Jones, Mark Bridger, is there.

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Andy Killoran
Andy Killoran

Written by Andy Killoran

British guy. Loves writing — loves words. Loves reading. Loves Medium. Twitter @andykilloran

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