Killers taught how to be DJs in hi-tech Broadmoor mixing studio
Some of Britain's most dangerous criminals are learning to mix music like DJs and buying expensive sound equipment for use in a hi-tech studio at Broadmoor.
Five patients at the secure hospital have spent thousands of pounds in benefits on the latest turntable equipment and CDs.
They even have a music teacher to help them mix their tracks in the education centre at the hospital near Crowthorne, Berkshire.
Studio time: Killers William Jaggs, left, Anthony Joseph, centre, and Jamie Limbrick have bought expensive equipment and are being taught how to mix music at Broadmoor secure hospital
A Broadmoor insider told The Sun: 'You cannot believe the equipment they have bought from saving up their benefits and pocket money.
'They can add it to any wages they get for working in here or any private money they have stashed and get it all brought in by mail order. It's state-of-the-art stuff.'.
They include killers Anthony Joseph, 25, who stabbed a man to death on a London bus in 2005; Oxford University student William Jaggs, 25, who stabbed the daughter of a Harrow school master to death and Jamie Limbrick, 24, who raped and strangled his 92-year-old grandmother in 2003 and then set her home on fire.
Alex Candiotis, 24, who tried to murder a Broadmoor nurse last year, also uses the music facility along with schizophrenic Barrington McKenzie, 25, who stabbed a stranger to death in a music studio.
Hi-tech: Broadmoor has a state-of-the-art recording studio and a music teacher helps patients every week
Among the equipment they have bought is Numark headphones and turntables and hip hop CDs to mix into tracks.
The source added: 'When you look at what they have done to their victims, it hardly looks like they are paying the price.
'But Broadmoor is an NHS hospital and everyone inside is classed as a patient rather than a criminal so they're treated with kid gloves.'
A spokesman for Broadmoor said: 'Social activities - particularly those involving music or other creative arts - are a vital part of recovery and risk management.
'Patients are encouraged to take part in activities that engage them socially and give balance and variety in their day as they are less likely to present risks to themselves or others while in our care.
'Music is often used in mental health care for its therapeutic benefits.
'Like anyone else treated in hospital, our patients have the right to purchase music or other items.'
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