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FACTFILE
Using a Webley
revolver, a Beretta pistol, an iron bar, and strangulation
Manuel, killed at least seven people in and around Glasgow
and the Lowlands of Scotland, and police suspect he may have
killer at least 15 people.
Manuel lived with his parents in Birkenshaw.
His young days were spent in and out of approved schools and borstal for a
string of petty crimes including theft and burglary. A
loner who loved the dark,
1943, at
age 16 he committed a string of sexual attacks and spent
nine years in HMP Peterhead. He served further sentences for
rape before beginning his killing spree in 1956.
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14th
January 1958, Manuel was arrested and charged.
Once in
custody Manuel confessed to killing eighteen
people, he would only be tried for the murders of only
eight people.
May 1958,
Manuel was tried at Glasgow crown court He conducted his own defence, and attempted a
plea of insanity, by all accounts he did a good job,
but to no avail.
He was found guilty of 7 of the eight
murder charges.
11th July 1958, He was hanged at
HMP Barlinnie
prison.
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Before his
execution he confessed to all the murders, and even a
few others that the police had not originally attributed
to him. It is suspected that Peter Manuel was
responsible for the death of at least 15 people.
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