The railway killers5/15/2023 ![]() The trial judge said he could not be certain Huntley had enticed them into his house or had a sexual motivation.Ī Prison Service source said: "This list makes pretty grim reading. Ian Huntley, who murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, is not included as he was given a 40-year jail tariff after a new Criminal Justice Act ruled the "whole life" criteria was reserved for sexual, sadistic or abduction cases. No minimum term was set at Sutcliffe's trial while Whiting was given a 50-year tariff in 2002. Astonishingly, Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe and Roy Whiting, who abducted and murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne, are NOT on the list. ![]() ![]() David Bieber, 43, who murdered PC Ian Broadhurst and tried to kill two other officers, had his whole life tariff overturned last year. The only way any of these killers could ever be freed is to successfully appeal to the High Court. So is hammer killer Levi Bellfield, 40, who murdered Amelie Delagrange and Marsha McDonnell and attempted to murder schoolgirl Kate Sheedy.ĭouglas Vinter, 39, occupies the latest place on the list after he was convicted of stabbing and strangling his wife three years after being released from jail for another murder. Among them was their eldest daughter.Ī recent addition is Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright, 40, who killed five prostitutes in Ipswich in 2006. The only woman on the list is Rose West, 55, convicted in 1995 of murdering 10 young women with her husband Fred at their home in Gloucester. The full list of the 35 serial killers, torturers and sex maniacs was obtained by the Sunday Mirror under the Freedom of Information Act.Īll have been given "wholelife tariffs" - the ultimate sanction available to judges in murders involving extreme sexual or sadistic violence or abduction cases.Īmong the most notorious are the Moors Murderer Ian Brady, 71, and Dennis Nilsen, 64, who is thought to have killed 16 men after luring them to his flat in North London.ĭonald Neilson, 72, the notorious "Black Panther", murdered four people including Lesley Whittle, a 17-year-old heiress, before being jailed in 1976.
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