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Name: |
Peter Moore |
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AKA: |
Man
In Black |
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D.O.B. |
1940 |
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Kill
Total: |
4 |
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Kill
date: |
Sept
- Dec 1995 |
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Kill
Place: |
Wales |
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Status: |
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Occupation: |
Theatre Manager |
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Victim: |
Henry Roberts, 56
Edward Carthy, 28
Keith Randles, 49
Anthony Davies, 40 |
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Court: |
Mould Crown Court |
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Trial Date: |
December 1996 |
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Judge: |
Mr
Justice Maurice Kay |
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Prosecution: |
Alex
Carlile QC |
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Defence: |
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FACTFILE
Peter Moore ran a theatre and
cinema in north Wales, apparently fixating on Jason
Voorhies from the 'Friday the 13th' movie series.
He murdered and
mutilated 4 men in 1995, the bodies found near small rural
towns.
September 1995, Moore's first victim was Henry
Roberts, 56, stabbed to death at his home in Anglesey.
His next victim, Edward Carthy, 28, was stabbed and buried
in a forest after meeting Moore in a gay bar.
November 1995, .Keith Randles, aged 49, a traffic safety
manager, was similarly killed as he slept in his caravan at
road works on the A5 in Anglesey.
Mr Randles had begged to know why he was being attacked
after Moore dragged him from his caravan and started
stabbing him. Moore had replied: "For fun." Moore later
told police there was "a certain enjoyment" in the
killing.
December 1995,
The last man to die was Tony Davies, aged 40, a married father
of two. He was stabbed at a beach near Abergele on the
north Wales coast.
December 1996, At his trial,
at Mould Crown Court, it was
claimed that Moore attacked more than 50 other men in what
the judge described as "20 years of terror". Moore claimed
the killings were carried out by a fictitious homosexual
lover named Jason, after the masked murderer from the
Friday the 13th horror films.
He received four life sentences but the home secretary
later recommended that he should never be released.
Moore was put
on the home office list of whole life tariff prisoners, see
list here >>
27th April
2000
At Leeds Crown Court Moore listed property he claimed
had been sold by two of his former friends after he was
arrested.
Chester District Judge Charles Newman awarded Moore
£12,842 damages for the loss of the possessions ranging
from antique furniture, 900 cinema posters and jewellery
to Wellington boots, cans of food and garden gnomes. He
was also awarded costs.
Tuesday 17th
January 2012, Moore loses his appeal to the European
Court. His case, together with two other life prisoners was
that, being sentenced to a whole life tariff was 'inhuman
and degrading treatment'.
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