‘I was in Broadmoor and this inmate was worse than the Yorkshire Ripper’ | UK | News
A Broadmoor patient who spent a decade in a high-security psychiatric hospital said a criminal was more destructive than the Yorkshire Matador. Paul Knight was sent to Broadmoor in 2002 after attacking a doctor in Bristol prison’s medical wing and being charged with causing grievous bodily harm.
Although he was shocked to hear Broadmoor nurses had come to assess him for a place he believed was reserved for “mindless serial killers”, Knight spent 10 years at the institution after he was deemed to have a reputation for violence towards inmates, patients and staff in prison and psychiatric units.
he said Daily Mail It was “normal” to be friends with double murderers, and he even befriended violent criminal Charles Bronson, who was convicted of armed robbery and assault on inmates and guards.
During visiting hours he often sat next to Sutcliffe, the evil serial killer who murdered thirteen women and attempted to kill seven more in Yorkshire and north-west England between 1975 and 1980.
Islamist terrorist and follower of Imam Abu Hamza, Haroon Rashid Aswat, “stands out” in Knight’s mind, despite being very close to the predator. Aswat was sent to a secure hospital in 2008 as a patient with paranoid schizophrenia.
“Them [the authorities] “We were throwing a lot of terrorists in there,” Knight said. “He was always coming forward because he was crazy, running around, bending over because of the screws in there. It was nice to get him away for a while so we could get some peace and quiet while he retreated.”
Knight, who now lives in East London, was also surprised that several female admirers came to visit the Yorkshire Ripper after his heinous crimes. He claimed that several people came to Broadmoor to ask him about his life.
Although they said the boredom became painful, the patients had many amenities, including a TV, Nintendo Wii, books, and a pool table. On their birthdays, they were even given a cake to share.
On a normal day, patients were woken up at 8 a.m., made to stay outside for an hour, and had to spend time in the day room with others.
Knight was released in 2012 and had trouble adjusting to society at first after years of institutionalization. He married just three years after his release in 2015 and is now stepfather to his wife’s two children.
He has since written a book about his experience called High Security High Risk: Memoirs of a Former Broadmoor Patient.
