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15 ? |
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1954 1958 |
Victim(s): |
Anne Knielands, Marion Watt, Vivienne Watt, Margaret Brown, Isabelle Cooke, Peter Smart, Doris Smart, Michael Smart
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Date of Birth: |
March 1927 |
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Using a Webley revolver,
a Beretta pistol, an iron bar, and using strangulation
this Scottish born man, killed seven people in and around
Glasgow and the Lowlands of Scotland. Manuel was a known
sex offender with previous convictions for indecent
assault and rape.
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, he lived with his parents in
Birkenshaw, this was in the centre of his killing
territory.
Arrested on the 14th
January 1958 He was tried at Glasgow crown court in May
that year. He conducted his own defence, and attempted a
plea of insanity, and by all accounts did a very good job,
but to no avail, he was found guilty of 7 of the eight
murder charges. He was hanged at Barlinnie prison on 11th
July 1958.
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 no less than 15 people.
