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Boy, 10, was Broadmoor's youngest patient and spent 77 years locked up there

A hospital home to some of the UK's most notorious serial killers, was also the home of a 10-year-old boy who lived there for 77 years until his death.

Broadmoor Hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, was established in 1860 with the introduction of the Criminal Lunatics Act or Broadmoor Act, which sought to improve conditions in mental asylums such as Bedlam or Bethlehem Hospital.

Completed in 1863, it is the oldest high-security psychiatric hospital in England, attracting a chilling mix of characters from Jack the Ripper to Ronnie Kray and Daniel Gonzalez, the Freddy Krueger killer.

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