[4] After the birth of her third child, Nilsen's mother concluded she had "rushed into marriage without thinking". Following Duffey's murder, Nilsen began to kill with increasing frequency. He had no memory of the assault. His earliest memories were of family picnics in the Scottish countryside with his mother and siblings, of his grandparents' pious lifestyle (which he later described as "cold and dour"),[6] and of being taken on long countryside walks carried on the shoulders of his maternal grandfather, to whom he was particularly close. If the victim had been strangled into unconsciousness, Nilsen then drowned him in his bathtub, his sink or a bucket of water before observing a ritual in which he bathed, clothed and retained the bodies inside his residences for several weeks or, occasionally, months before he dismembered them. The remains stowed inside suitcasesthose of Ockenden and Duffeywere placed inside a shed in the rear garden, and were disposed of upon the second bonfire Nilsen had constructed at Melrose Avenue. At 5:40 pm on 11 February, Nilsen was charged with Sinclair's murder, and a statement revealing this was released to the press. He then locked the man in the boot of the taxi. [66], "I eased him into his new bed [beneath the floorboards] A week later, I wondered whether his body had changed at all or had started to decompose. Upon leaving Nilsen's residence, Stewart had reported the attack to police, who in turn questioned Nilsen. Nilsen never showered in the company of his fellow soldiers for fear of developing an erection in their presence; instead opting to bathe alone in the bathroom, which also afforded him the privacy to masturbate without discovery. Despite only being five years old, Nilsen vividly recalled these walks as being "very long along the harbour, across the wide stretch of beach, up to the sand-dunes, which rise thirty feet behind the beach and on to Inverallochy". In the years following his incarceration, Nilsen composed an unpublished, 400-page autobiography, entitled The History of a Drowning Boy (the title being a reference to his concepts of the tranquility of death following his grandfather's death and his own near-fatal drowning in 1954). Upon learning the young man was a tourist, Nilsen offered to show Ockenden several London landmarks, an offer which Ockenden accepted. He also stated that, beginning in December 1978, he had killed "twelve or thirteen" men at his former address, 195 Melrose Avenue. [167] The interview was screened in full that evening. Kenneth Ockenden was killed on December 3, 1979, and he was a 23-year-old Canadian student. In 1967, he was deployed to the State of Aden (formerly Aden Colony, now part of Yemen), where he again served as a cook at the Al Mansoura Prison. In line with Ministry of Justice policy, HMP Full Sutton paid 3,323 towards the cost of Nilsen's funeral. Nilsen grew to resent what he saw as the unfair amount of attention his mother, grandmother and later, stepfather displayed towards his older brother and younger sister. After plying him with alcohol,[102] Nilsen invited Stottor to his flat, assuring his guest he had no intention of sexual activity. All present viewed the topic with derision, except Nilsen, who ardently spoke in defence of gay rights. Moss was to remain Nilsen's legal representative until July 1983, when Nilsenagain expressing his intention to defend himselfdischarged him, until 5 August when Nilsen once again reappointed Moss. "[116], That evening, Detective Superintendent Chambers accompanied DCI Jay and Bowen to Cranley Gardens, where the plastic bags were removed from the wardrobe and taken to Hornsey mortuary. In his later years, Nilsen was imprisoned at Full Sutton maximum security prison. [72][n 5] Nilsen encountered Ockenden as they both drank in a West End pub. Following Jay's testimony, DS Chambers recited Nilsen's formal confession to the court. In response, Jay informed Nilsen that the other two were also police officers, and requested access to his flat to discuss the matter further. [183][184], Nilsen's body was cremated in June 2018. Nilsen was a quiet yet adventurous child. But it was in Nilsens home where Ockenden was strangled with the cord of Nilsens headphones as he listened to music. Nilsen was brought to trial on 24 October 1983, charged with six counts of murder and two of attempted murder. Both men immediately called the police who, upon closer inspection, discovered further small bones and scraps of what looked to the naked eye like either human or animal flesh in the same pipe. In response, Jay replied: "Don't mess about, where's the rest of the body?" He kept "three or four" bodies stowed beneath the floorboards before he dissected the remains, which he would wrap inside plastic bags and either return under the floorboards or, in two instances, place inside suitcases which had been left at the property by a previous tenant. The fact Nilsen had selected a university student as a potential victim was at odds with the prosecution's claim that Nilsen intentionally selected rootless males whose disappearance was unlikely to be noted. First look at Britain's biggest EVER stage for King Charles' coronation concert, Souness fights back tears as he announces emotional retirement on Sky Sports, Sky Sports' Martin Tyler slammed for 'racist' comment about Spurs star Son, Iconic high street favourite to return after 4 years as shoppers 'can't wait', News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. They married after college, both going on to work in the life sciences Kenneth as a medical doctor, and Irene as a botany researcher. The minimum term of 25 years imprisonment to which Nilsen was sentenced in 1983 was replaced by a whole-life tariff by Home Secretary Michael Howard in December 1994. [91] The following day, Barlow was released from hospital and returned to Nilsen's home, apparently to thank him. When Stottor regained consciousness, Nilsen embraced him; he then explained to Stottor he had almost strangled himself on the zip of the sleeping bag, and that he had resuscitated him. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. [10][11] When he replied that he did, he was taken into the room where his grandfather lay in an open coffin. THE heartbroken family of one of Dennis Nilsen's victims has slammed ITV for cashing in on the serial killer's twisted crimes. When Nilsen returned home, DCI Jay introduced himself and his colleagues, explaining they had come to enquire about the blockage in the drains from his flat. 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"[40] as he sought a lasting relationship. At Nilsen's flat, Sinclair fell asleep in a drug- and alcohol-induced stupor in an armchair as Nilsen sat listening to the rock opera Tommy. In relation to the first of these three unidentified victims, he later casually reflected: "End of the day, end of the drink, end of a person floorboards back, carpet replaced, and back to work at Denmark Street". [89] The following month, Nilsen removed the internal organs of several victims stowed beneath his floorboards. I'll tell you everything. The work was intermittent, and he resolved to find more stable, secure employment. He finished his schooling in 1961 and briefly worked in a canning factory as he considered which career path he should choose. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. On one of his solo excursions to the beach at Inverallochy, in 1954 or 1955, Nilsen became submerged beneath the water and was almost dragged out to sea. [50] Over the following months, the couple redecorated and furnished the entire flat. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Kenneth Ockenden was murdered by Dennis Nilsen when he was 23 years old, Kenneth Ockenden was one of his first victims, Nilsen was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). His attendance record was mediocre, although he frequently volunteered to work overtime, leading several colleagues to suspect he was something of a loner. Duffey was a catering student from Birkenhead, Merseyside, who had hitchhiked to London without his parents' knowledge on 13 May after being questioned by the British Transport Police for evading his train fare. With reference to his murders, Nilsen claimed that his emotional state upon the dates of the murders, in conjunction with the amount of alcohol he had consumed, were both core factors in his decision to kill. [140] He was tried at the Old Bailey before Mr Justice Croom-Johnson[141] and pleaded not guilty on all charges. [44] At his workplace, Nilsen was known to be a quiet, conscientious employee who was active in the trade union movement. [85] When the bonfire had been reduced to ashes and cinders, Nilsen used a rake to search the debris for any recognisable bones. MacKeith testified as to how, through a lack of emotional development,[150] Nilsen experienced difficulty expressing any emotion other than anger,[151] and his tendency to treat other human beings as components of his fantasies. (Gallichan later informed investigators that he had chosen to end the relationship.[52]). Former Doctor Who star David Tennant is due to play one of Britain's. In an interview conducted on 10 February, Nilsen confessed there were further human remains stowed in a tea chest in his living room, with other remains inside an upturned drawer in his bathroom. [49], The Melrose Avenue flat was supposed to be furnished, but upon moving in the pair found it to be largely threadbare. [175] Formal identification was confirmed via a combination of circumstantial evidence and by Nilsen identifying a photograph of the youth shown to him by police (all bone fragments found at Melrose Avenue had been destroyed). Contrary to the prosecution claims, the defence counsel asserted that Nobbs' testimony reflected Nilsen's rational self being unable to control his impulses. Kenneth Donnan Lawson Obituary. Among his victims were Stephen Holmes, Kenneth Ockenden, Martyn Duffey, William Sutherland and Malcolm Barlow. On the way home, they stopped off at an off licence store and purchased whisky, rum and beer. After Nilsen and this victim had consumed several beverages, Nilsen strangled him with a tie and subsequently placed the body beneath the floorboards. [34][n 2], Between October and December 1972, Nilsen lived with his family as he considered his next career move. Tragic story of Kenneth Ockenden and how he fell into Dennis Nilsen's depraved clutches. All of Nilsen's murders were committed at the two North London addresses where he lived between 1978 and 1983. [129] With most victims, Nilsen masturbated as he stood alongside or knelt above the body, and Nilsen confessed to having occasionally engaged in intercrural sex with his victims' bodies, but repeatedly stressed to investigators he had never actually penetrated his victimsexplaining that his victims were "too perfect and beautiful for the pathetic ritual of commonplace sex".[130]. This testimony lasted until the following morning, when the prosecution included several exhibits into evidence. This recommendation was later changed to a whole life tariff in December 1994. [2] Moksheim was a Norwegian soldier who had travelled to Scotland in 1940 as part of the Free Norwegian Forces following the German occupation of Norway. )[146], "When under pressure of work and extreme pain of social loneliness and utter misery, I am drawn compulsively to a means of temporary escape from reality. A fight ensued, after which Olav Jr. informed his mother that Dennis was gay. These fantasies gradually evolved into his partner being unconscious[26] or dead. He spent much of his free time reading and writing, and was allowed to paint and compose music upon a keyboard. The couple divorced in 1948. After briefly succeeding in raising his head above the water, Stottor gasped the words, "No more, please! He twice masturbated over the body, before awaiting the passing of rigor mortis to enable him to stow the corpse beneath his floorboards. [98] There, both Nilsen and Howlett drank as they watched a film, before Howlett walked into Nilsen's front room and fell asleep in his bed (which was located in the front room at this time). But one man that didn't quite fit the same pattern was Kenneth Ockenden. [106] Nilsen approached Sinclair, knelt before him and said to himself, "Oh Stephen, here I go again",[107] before strangling Sinclair with a ligature constructed with a necktie and a rope. Albert's parents had married on 6 October 1872 in St Matthews Church, Croydon. [32], When Nilsen completed his deployment in Aden, he returned to the UK and was assigned to serve with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Seaton Barracks in Plymouth, Devon. Formal questioning of Nilsen began the same evening,[126] with Nilsen agreeing to be represented by a solicitor (a facility he had earlier declined). [75] Duffey, Nilsen recollected, was both exhausted and hungry, and happily accepted Nilsen's offer of a meal and a bed for the evening. [46], In November 1975, Nilsen encountered a 20-year-old man named David Gallichan being threatened outside a pub by two other men. At least two men who survived Nilsen's attempts to murder them recall Nilsen drunkenly muttering to himself about consulting "the professor" with regards to whether they could permanently "stay with [him]" in the minutes before they were attacked. Both heads were found to have been subjected to moist heat.[117]. Nilsen said that three unidentified victims he had initially confessed to killingan Irishman in September 1980; a "long-haired hippy" in November or December 1980, and an English skinhead in April 1981had been invented to simply "complement the continuity of evidence". [167] A four-minute section of this interview, in which Nilsen frankly discussed his crimes, was initially scheduled to be broadcast on 19 January 1993; the Home Office sought to ban the interview from being broadcast[168] on the grounds that they had not granted permission for Central to conduct interviews with Nilsen which were later broadcast to the public, and claimed ownership of copyrighted material. No family members were present at the service. Case 144 of, This page was last edited on 27 April 2023, at 11:53. To Nilsen, this ruse created the ideal circumstance in which he could visually "split" his personality: in these masturbatory fantasies, Nilsen alternately envisaged himself as being both the domineering and the passive partner. In 1951, before Dennis turned 6, his grandfather passed away while at work fishing at sea. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Drs. [158] As a Category A prisoner, he was assigned his own cell and could mix freely with other inmates. As further details were revealed in the press, including that Nilsen had confessed to murdering more people than any other person in British criminal history. [88] By April, Nilsen had killed two further unidentified victims: one of whom he described as an English skinhead whom he had met in Leicester Square; the other he described as "Belfast boy"; a man in his early 20s, approximately 5ft 9in (1.75m) height, whom he had murdered sometime in February. Father Arthur Charles Ockenden. [25], In mid-1964, Nilsen passed his initial catering exam and was officially assigned to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers in Osnabrck, West Germany, where he served as a private. He discarded these innards both upon the waste ground behind his flat, and in his household rubbish. Jay admitted it was unusual for anyone accused of such horrific crimes to be so forthcoming in providing information,[148] and conceded upon questioning by defence counsel that Nilsen not only provided most of the evidence against himself, but also encouraged the discovery of evidence which could contradict his own version of events. He then vaguely recalled hearing "water running" before realising he was immersed in the water and that Nilsen was attempting to drown him. [162] Afterward, he was briefly transferred to HMP Parkhurst, before being transferred to HMP Wakefield, where he remained until 1990. One unidentified victim killed in November had moved his legs in a cycling motion as he was strangled (Nilsen is known to have absented himself from work between 11 and 18 November,[79] likely due to this particular murder); another unidentified victim Nilsen had unsuccessfully attempted to resuscitate, before sinking to his knees and sobbing, then spitting at his own image as he looked at himself in the mirror. [174] He writes: "When I was with people, I was in the 'real' world, and in my private life, I snapped instantly into my fantasy life. He respected his parents' efforts to provide and care for their children, but began to resent the fact that his family was poorer than most of his peers, with his mother and stepfather making no effort to better their lifestyles; thus, Nilsen seldom invited his friends to the family home. Two psychiatrists testified on behalf of the defence. Although Nilsen initially resented his stepfather (whom he viewed as an unfair disciplinarian) he gradually came to grudgingly respect him. [43] Nilsen was initially posted to a Jobcentre in Denmark Street, where his primary role was to find employment for unskilled labourers. He was adamant that the decision to kill was not made until moments before the act of murder. Daily Star. Nilsen held this grip until Duffey became unconscious; he then dragged the youth into his kitchen and drowned him in his sink[76] before bathing with the bodywhich he recollected as being "the youngest-looking I had ever seen. [62] Nilsen invited Holmes to his house with the promise of the two drinking alcohol and listening to music,[63] believing him to be approximately 17 years old. As Nilsen progressed into adolescence, he found life in Strichen increasingly stifling, with limited entertainment amenities or career opportunities. [132] This, he stated, was his symbolic gesture of saying goodbye to his victims. Next he killed Kenneth Ockenden on December 3, 1979, a 23-year-old Canadian student. After meeting in a West End pub, Nilsen offered to show Ockenden the . This posting was more dangerous than his previous postings in West Germany or Norway, and Nilsen later recalled his regiment losing several men, often in ambushes en route to the army barracks. When Stottor had regained enough strength to question Nilsen as to his recollections of being strangled and immersed in cold water, Nilsen explained he had become caught in the zip of the sleeping bag following a nightmare, and that he had placed him in cold water as "you were in shock".
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