Death
Straffen died at Frankland Prison in County Durham on 19 November 2007. He was 77 years old and had been in prison for a British record of 55 years. Moors Murderer Ian Brady (who had been in prison since October 1965 and was then in a mental hospital) became the Britain's longest-serving prisoner.
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