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Britain's longest serving prisoner, who spent 55 years in prison until his death. Straffen was convicted of murdering two pre-teen girls in July 1951. The following year, he escaped for a four-hour period and was convicted of murdering another girl during this short spell at large, although he long proclaimed his innocence.
This is a list of longest prison sentences served by a single person, worldwide, without a period of freedom followed by a second conviction. These cases rarely coincide with the longest prison sentences given, because some countries have laws that do not allow sentences without parole or for convicts to remain in prison beyond a given number of years (regardless of their original conviction).
Maudsley is the longest-serving British prisoner in solitary confinement. [5] Early life. Robert Maudsley was the fourth of 12 children, born in Speke, Liverpool.
[139] [140] At the time of Straffen's death, he was 77 years old and had been incarcerated for 55 years, 3 months, and 26 days and was the longest-serving prisoner in British criminal history. [ 141 ] [ n 12 ]
The Parole Board has refused the latest bid for freedom by Charles Bronson, one of the UK’s longest-serving prisoners.. The independent body announced its decision on Thursday, nearly one month ...
Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson has lost his bid to be freed from jail following a public parole hearing.. The 70-year-old, who is one of the UK’s longest-serving prisoners, appeared before a ...
The Parole Board said it granted an application made by lawyers for Bronson – one of the UK’s longest-serving prisoners – to request his latest case review is heard in public.
Massey in 2022. John Massey (born 1948) is an English former prisoner who was the longest-serving prisoner in the United Kingdom, having been imprisoned for nearly 43 years by the time he was paroled.