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[[File:Dennis Nilsen.jpg|thumb|Dennis Nilsen]]'''Dennis Nilsen''' (1945-2018) was born 23 November 1945 in [[Fraserburgh]], [[Aberdeenshire]], was a gay serial killer and necrophiliac, also known as the "Muswell Hill Murderer" and the "Kindly Killer". | [[File:Dennis Nilsen.jpg|thumb|Dennis Nilsen]]'''Dennis Nilsen''' (1945-2018) was born 23 November 1945 in [[Fraserburgh]], [[Aberdeenshire]], was a gay serial killer and necrophiliac, also known as the "Muswell Hill Murderer" and the "Kindly Killer". | ||
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| + | He joined the army as a boy cadet and his 11-year military career ended in the rank of corporal in October 1972.He then joined the Metropolitan Police in 1973. Nilsen missed the comradeship of the army. He began to drink alone in the evenings. During the summer and autumn of 1973, Nilsen began frequenting gay pubs and engaged in several casual liaisons with men. He viewed these encounters as "soul-destroying" liaisons in which he "would only lend" his partner his body in a "vain search for inner peace" as he sought a lasting relationship. In August, following a failed relationship, Nilsen came to the conclusion that his personal lifestyle was at odds with his job. His birth father died in Ghana the same month, leaving each of his three children £1,000 (the equivalent of about £10,600 as of 2025). In December, Nilsen resigned from the police. | ||
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| + | Between December 1973 and May 1974, Nilsen worked as a security guard. The work was intermittent, and he resolved to find more stable, secure employment. He found work as a civil servant in May 1974. | ||
He murdered 15 young men in London between 1978 and 1983. He retained his victims' bodies for extended periods of time before dissecting their remains and disposing of them via burning or flushing the remains down a lavatory. Nilsen was convicted at the Old Bailey in November, 1983 of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder. | He murdered 15 young men in London between 1978 and 1983. He retained his victims' bodies for extended periods of time before dissecting their remains and disposing of them via burning or flushing the remains down a lavatory. Nilsen was convicted at the Old Bailey in November, 1983 of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:29, 8 October 2025
Dennis Nilsen (1945-2018) was born 23 November 1945 in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, was a gay serial killer and necrophiliac, also known as the "Muswell Hill Murderer" and the "Kindly Killer".
He joined the army as a boy cadet and his 11-year military career ended in the rank of corporal in October 1972.He then joined the Metropolitan Police in 1973. Nilsen missed the comradeship of the army. He began to drink alone in the evenings. During the summer and autumn of 1973, Nilsen began frequenting gay pubs and engaged in several casual liaisons with men. He viewed these encounters as "soul-destroying" liaisons in which he "would only lend" his partner his body in a "vain search for inner peace" as he sought a lasting relationship. In August, following a failed relationship, Nilsen came to the conclusion that his personal lifestyle was at odds with his job. His birth father died in Ghana the same month, leaving each of his three children £1,000 (the equivalent of about £10,600 as of 2025). In December, Nilsen resigned from the police.
Between December 1973 and May 1974, Nilsen worked as a security guard. The work was intermittent, and he resolved to find more stable, secure employment. He found work as a civil servant in May 1974.
He murdered 15 young men in London between 1978 and 1983. He retained his victims' bodies for extended periods of time before dissecting their remains and disposing of them via burning or flushing the remains down a lavatory. Nilsen was convicted at the Old Bailey in November, 1983 of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder.
His original sentence was later upgraded to a whole-life tariff, and he died in May 2018 at HMP Full Sutton maximum security prison in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[1] [2]
References
- ↑ "Serial killer Dennis Nilsen dies in prison aged 72", The Gaurdian, 12 May 2018.
- ↑ He died at York Hospital on 12 May 2018 of a pulmonary embolism and a retroperitoneal haemorrhage, which occurred following surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. From Wikipedia entry
