You wouldn't guess from his soft Cornish voice and jolly demeanour that Paul Deacon worked at the most notorious mental institution in England.
For a decade, Paul was a nurse at Broadmoor Hospital, the high-security psychiatric hospital situated in Crowthorne, Berkshire.
Now in his sixties and retired, Paul witnessed everything over the course of his career - from being on shift when Peter Sutcliffe was stabbed in the eye, to popstars Martin and Gary Kemp paying Ronnie Kray a visit.
After leaving school with no qualifications, where he says he was 'a bit of a rebel', Paul began working at a shop in his hometown.
Witnessing a man collapse and later die on his shift deeply shocked the teenager - and, on the advice of a counsellor, he decided to become a nurse.






