Brian Wade

Brian Wade was a British convicted murderer. A prolific offender, he was convicted of serious violent crimes across six decades.

Biography

On 16 July 1966, Brian Wade killed Edwin Percy Cardwell in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. He was a 21-year-old neighbour who was bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer. In 1972, he received a section 18 order for wounding with intent. Wade was eventually released and in 1998 he killed 22-year-old Johnathan Abell in Nottingham in what was described as a "grisly machete slaughter". For this crime he was convicted of manslaughter.
By 2020, Wade was still serving in prison. In 2023, he slit the throat of a fellow inmate at HM Prison Guys Marsh in Dorset. The man was found tied up for a “bondage” session following the attack. The man only survived because of intervention from prison staff. For this crime he received a third life sentence. On 2 September 2025, it was reported that Wade had died at HM Prison Long Lartin in Worcestershire on 9 August.