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A fact from John Straffen appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 November 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that John Straffen, a triple child-killer who escaped from Broadmoor, served 55 years in prison becoming the longest-serving prisoner in British history?
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This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 17:54, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well that makes no sense at all. EEng 15:46, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
how come there is no picture —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.1.207.130 (talk) 14:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If you know where to find a good quality picture that is in the public domain, please tell us and we can add it. However, most images of Straffen are still in copyright. Sam Blacketer (talk) 14:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
