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The frontage to HM Prison Frankland was imposing to say the least, particularly in the half-light of the early hours. Wendy had been able to obtain special dispensation to visit her brother, partially because of the ferocity of the attack he’d been on the receiving end of, and partially because she was a serving police officer connected with the case that had convicted him.
The prison was notorious for housing some of the country’s most dangerous criminals. It had been home to Charles Bronson, often referred to as the most violent prisoner in Britain. Harold Shipman, the most prolific serial killer in history in terms of proven victims, which tallied 218, had been incarcerated here too. Current inmates included Peter Chapman, the so-called ‘f*******: killer’; Peter Sutcliffe, the York
