A former prison officer has said that 'Hannibal the Cannibal' should be taken out of solitary confinement.Robert Maudsley, who has killed three other inmates since being locked up in 1974, is the longest-serving prisoner in the UK penal system.
The 70-year-old, from Liverpool, recently spent his 50th consecutive Christmas behind bars for his crimes.Maudsley was locked up in 1974, aged 21, and - after killing three other inmates - has since then been kept apart from other prisoners for 45 years.
As reported by the Daily Star, Maudsley had special provisions made for him at Wakefield Prison, including being kept in a glass dungeon.The killer was kept in the underground box, measuring 18ft by 14ft for 23 hours a day in the basement.
Now, as reported by the Daily Mail, Neil Samworth has come forward to argue Maudsley should be taken out of the bulletproof glass cell.Mr Samworth, who served at HMP Strangeways in Manchester for more than a decade, is now retired after a career "surrounded" by murderers.
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