A con artist who befriended a recently widowed pensioner and told ‘sob stories’ about being homeless has been jailed for 22 months. Susan Geary, 33, mercilessly preyed on the lonely 72-year-old, texting him that she loved him, wanted to live with him and they had a ‘great and true love’. The victim, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s … Read more
A man has told how he had a lucky escape after serial killer Dennis Nilsen befriended him when he missed the last train home. The killer bought him dinner and invited him back to the flat where he murdered 12 men. Nick Barrit, now 66, was 24 in March 1979 when he bumped into Nilsen … Read more
‘There are more’: Detective who found serial killer Dennis Nilsen’s victims believes ‘Des’ murderer got away with others that have never been found Hywel Jones was part of the investigative team who found the victims in 1980s The 59-year-old former officer believes there are other unreported victims Dennis Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment after killing … Read more
‘Was it sponsored by Benson & Hedges?’: Viewers slam Dennis Nilsen serial killer drama… over smoking – after ITV’s three-part drama Des featured cigarettes in 46 scenes Viewers complained about the number of cigarettes smoked by characters Cigarettes being smoked featured in 46 scenes of the three-part ITV drama Des They made up 13 minutes … Read more
JK Rowling has revealed the cross-dressing villain in her new book is based on real-life serial killers Jerry Brudos and Russell Williams after facing another transphobia row. The Harry Potter author released Troubled Blood under her crime-writing pseudonym Robert Galbraith earlier this week. The thriller sees detective Cormoran Strike try to work out what happened … Read more
Serial competition winner bags his best prize yet after securing free IVF for him and his wife in bid to make ‘dream’ of having children come true Kevin and Nicci Button have spent three years trying but failing to have a baby They were unsuccessful with IVF on the NHS and face £5,000 bill to … Read more
A dozen young men met their death at the hands of serial killer and necrophile Dennis Nilsen in the late Seventies and early Eighties – but two managed to dramatically escape his clutches. One of them, Carl David Stottor, a drag artist, now in his early sixties and thought to be living in Brighton, was just … Read more
David Tennant is terrifying (and terrific) as a real-life Hannibal Lecter: CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews Des, ITV’s chilling new drama portraying the twisted confessions of serial killer Dennis Nilsen By Claudia Connell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 14 September 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 14 September 2020 Rating: Hannibal Lecter’s declaration in The Silence … Read more
From divorce to miscarriage, YOU columnist ELIZABETH DAY has been famously frank about the things she feels she’s failed at. And, she reveals here, this unconventional philosophy on life has brought surprising benefits… Every day since 13 July 2018, I have thought about failure. My own and other people’s. The failures that define us and … Read more
Even before filming started on Des, the three-part ITV mini-series in which Mays plays Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay, the nightmares began The spectre of serial killer Dennis Nilsen haunted Daniel Mays as he tackled the role of a lifetime: the ‘old school copper’ who helped bring the mass murderer to justice. ‘I watched all these … Read more