The Daily Mail's Crime Desk newsletter has published an exclusive audio recording of serial killer Robert Maudsley, nicknamed "Hannibal the Cannibal," speaking from his prison cell for the first time in around 40 years. Maudsley, held in a special high-security unit for Britain's most dangerous offenders, has committed further murders while already incarcerated, and his day-to-day prison life has long remained a mystery, fuelling unverified rumours about the conditions he is kept in.

Long-standing claims suggest he has been held in a specially built plastic cell with cardboard furniture to prevent him fashioning weapons, though this has never been confirmed. Guards are reportedly wary of him and fellow inmates cautious, while his family refer to him affectionately as "Uncle Bob." The full recording and feature detailing a "day in the life" of Maudsley are available exclusively to subscribers of The Crime Desk newsletter, which readers can join for free.