contact with any other inmates. In March 2000, Maudsley unsuccessfully pleaded for the terms of his solitary confinement be relaxed, or to be allowed to take his own life via a cyanide capsule. He also asked for a pet budgerigar, which was also denied. See also List of serial killers by country List of serial killers by number of victims References 1953 births 1973 murders in the United Kingdom 1977 murders in the United Kingdom 1978 murders in the United Kingdom 20th-century English criminals Criminals from Merseyside Crime in Berkshire Crime in West Yorkshire English people convicted of manslaughter English people convicted of murder English prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment English serial killers Living people Male serial killers People acquitted by reason of insanity People convicted of murder by England and Wales People detained at Broadmoor Hospital People from Speke Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by England and Wales Vigilantes Violence against men in the United Kingdom