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for a murder. 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 and "The Brain Eater" amongst other prisoners. National newspapers were advised that the allegations were
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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,
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In 1978, Maudsley killed two fellow prisoners at
Wakefield Prison in one day. He had originally set out to kill seven. His first victim was Salney Darwood, imprisoned for killing his wife. At the time, Darwood had been giving Maudsley French lessons. Maudsley invited Darwood to his cell, where he
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Wakefield Prison. Due to his history of violence, when outside his cell he is escorted by at least four prison officers.
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Cheeseman, who was serving a sentence for rape and sexual assault of a sixteen-year-old girl, locked themselves in a cell with a third patient, named David Francis, a convicted
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332:List of serial killers in the United Kingdom
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