Robert Maudsley has been in prison for 46 years, and if you then add the first 5 years which he spent in Broadmoor Psychiatric hospital he’s been incarcerated for 51 years. That is some stretch!
What has he done to earn such a long stretch? The short version is he’s murdered 4 people, all at different times, 3 of which were fellow prisoners. He’s actually spent 41 years in solitary confinement. But when you get down to the nuts and bolts of his story, it’s actually quite sad.
As a child he suffered prolonged sexual abuse. As soon as he could he ‘escaped’ to London where he worked as a prostitute. His first victim was a child abuser. His 3 subsequent victims have either been rapists, paedophiles and one had murdered his wife in a grotesque way.
A detective who specialises in interviewing serial killers found him to be an enigma. An intelligent, quietly spoken individual who was actually quite good to sit with talking about every day things. To quote the detective, “he’s never killed women or children, they’ve always been very bad people.”
Maudsley himself openly admits he should never be released, nor does he want to be. He recognises his early years have broken him.
He is in the right place but what a very sad story. Failed horrendously his parents and missed by social services and the schools he attended.
What has he done to earn such a long stretch? The short version is he’s murdered 4 people, all at different times, 3 of which were fellow prisoners. He’s actually spent 41 years in solitary confinement. But when you get down to the nuts and bolts of his story, it’s actually quite sad.
As a child he suffered prolonged sexual abuse. As soon as he could he ‘escaped’ to London where he worked as a prostitute. His first victim was a child abuser. His 3 subsequent victims have either been rapists, paedophiles and one had murdered his wife in a grotesque way.
A detective who specialises in interviewing serial killers found him to be an enigma. An intelligent, quietly spoken individual who was actually quite good to sit with talking about every day things. To quote the detective, “he’s never killed women or children, they’ve always been very bad people.”
Maudsley himself openly admits he should never be released, nor does he want to be. He recognises his early years have broken him.
He is in the right place but what a very sad story. Failed horrendously his parents and missed by social services and the schools he attended.
