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quickly went out.
Seeking publicity
The killer kept watching the news for details of his handiwork, but Emanuel Spiteri’s body hadn’t been found, so four days after the murder he phoned the police again and gave them the details. He also talked about the first four murders, saying that he’d ‘done five now’ so was the serial killer he’d set out to become. He added that he probably wouldn’t offend again.
Keeping control
Colin Ireland now saw that the CCTV photo of himself and Mr Spiteri was in all the papers, which meant that the police could 60
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arrest him at any time and he’d lose control of the situation.
Determined to remain in charge, he contacted them via his solicitor and said that he’d been with Spiteri but had left the man safe and well. It was a calculated bet: after all, he didn’t think that he’d left his fingerprints at any of the murder scenes and he’d even taken away the plates and cutlery he used in the murder houses so that he didn’t leave any forensic clues.
The evidence
But the police were able to link him forensically to Andrew Collier’s flat, thanks to the fingerprint he’d left on an inner window sill. And his voice had been found on a police tape dating back from 1991 when he’d been charged with domestic violence. They were able to prove that it was the voice of the man who had phoned the police admitting to being the gay killer and threatening to ‘kill one a week’.
Ireland was arrested and charged with all five murders but he said nothing in custody, simply folding his arms and regarding officers with a faint half smile.
Confession
He remained silent for the next three weeks then realised that he’d have to talk in order to show the world how clever he’d been. He subsequently confessed to all five of the murders, explaining that he’d bought each pair of handcuffs from a different shop in order to evade suspicion. He’d worn gloves so that he wouldn’t leave fingerprints (barring the one left on the window sill) and had taken all of his personal possessions out of his pockets so that he couldn’t unwittingly leave proof of his identity at a scene. He’d also stayed in the murder houses overnight so that he could merge with commuters in the morning as they went to work.
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Ireland told the police that he thought he’d be better off in a restricted environment such as prison as he’d be unlikely to kill again there, whereas he’d remain a risk if he could still target masochistic gay males in the outside world. He said that he’d taken no sexual pleasure from torturing the men; that they merely disgusted him.
Trial
The trial was held at the Old Bailey in December 1993 and the killer pleaded guilty to all five murders. He remained unrepentant, sending Christmas cards to friends containing messages which urged them to read the papers on 20 December, his sentencing day.
His motive for the five murders was discussed in court.
He’d apparently told the police that he’d read several true crime books and decided that serial killing was something that he could be good at. As he was sadistic – though, he said, not sexually sadistic – he wanted the murders to be cruel, and he knew that the easiest victims to ensnare would be masochistic homosexual men. (Psychiatrists still suspect that Colin was bi-curious but in denial about this.)
The defence could offer no mitigating circumstances, simply noting that he’d pleaded guilty to all five murders which saved the nation a prolonged and costly trial.
The judge described the murders as grotesque and cruel and described Colin Ireland as ‘exceptionally dangerous’. He was sentenced to five life sentences with the recommendation that he never be released.
Given his need for notoriety, Colin John Ireland will remain a risk to other prisoners: he has nothing to
Seeking publicity
The killer kept watching the news for details of his handiwork, but Emanuel Spiteri’s body hadn’t been found, so four days after the murder he phoned the police again and gave them the details. He also talked about the first four murders, saying that he’d ‘done five now’ so was the serial killer he’d set out to become. He added that he probably wouldn’t offend again.
Keeping control
Colin Ireland now saw that the CCTV photo of himself and Mr Spiteri was in all the papers, which meant that the police could 60
Sadistic Killers_INSIDES.indd 60
29/12/2006 09:58:56
Colin Ireland
arrest him at any time and he’d lose control of the situation.
Determined to remain in charge, he contacted them via his solicitor and said that he’d been with Spiteri but had left the man safe and well. It was a calculated bet: after all, he didn’t think that he’d left his fingerprints at any of the murder scenes and he’d even taken away the plates and cutlery he used in the murder houses so that he didn’t leave any forensic clues.
The evidence
But the police were able to link him forensically to Andrew Collier’s flat, thanks to the fingerprint he’d left on an inner window sill. And his voice had been found on a police tape dating back from 1991 when he’d been charged with domestic violence. They were able to prove that it was the voice of the man who had phoned the police admitting to being the gay killer and threatening to ‘kill one a week’.
Ireland was arrested and charged with all five murders but he said nothing in custody, simply folding his arms and regarding officers with a faint half smile.
Confession
He remained silent for the next three weeks then realised that he’d have to talk in order to show the world how clever he’d been. He subsequently confessed to all five of the murders, explaining that he’d bought each pair of handcuffs from a different shop in order to evade suspicion. He’d worn gloves so that he wouldn’t leave fingerprints (barring the one left on the window sill) and had taken all of his personal possessions out of his pockets so that he couldn’t unwittingly leave proof of his identity at a scene. He’d also stayed in the murder houses overnight so that he could merge with commuters in the morning as they went to work.
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Ireland told the police that he thought he’d be better off in a restricted environment such as prison as he’d be unlikely to kill again there, whereas he’d remain a risk if he could still target masochistic gay males in the outside world. He said that he’d taken no sexual pleasure from torturing the men; that they merely disgusted him.
Trial
The trial was held at the Old Bailey in December 1993 and the killer pleaded guilty to all five murders. He remained unrepentant, sending Christmas cards to friends containing messages which urged them to read the papers on 20 December, his sentencing day.
His motive for the five murders was discussed in court.
He’d apparently told the police that he’d read several true crime books and decided that serial killing was something that he could be good at. As he was sadistic – though, he said, not sexually sadistic – he wanted the murders to be cruel, and he knew that the easiest victims to ensnare would be masochistic homosexual men. (Psychiatrists still suspect that Colin was bi-curious but in denial about this.)
The defence could offer no mitigating circumstances, simply noting that he’d pleaded guilty to all five murders which saved the nation a prolonged and costly trial.
The judge described the murders as grotesque and cruel and described Colin Ireland as ‘exceptionally dangerous’. He was sentenced to five life sentences with the recommendation that he never be released.
Given his need for notoriety, Colin John Ireland will remain a risk to other prisoners: he has nothing to
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