10 March : Last known killing of homosexual necrophiliac Dennis Nilsen

He met his first victim at a pub and not wanting him to leave, Nilsen murdered him, disposing of the body around the house. He filled up his accommodation with at least a dozen more victims.

He had attempted to stem his serial killing by moving into a smaller flat with less storage space. But on this day in 1983, Stephen Sinclair discovered Nilsen’s strategy wasn’t working... Read the full Dennis Nilsen Crime File