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Dennis Nilsen
Krujka otildi Nilsen 1983 yil fevral oyida hibsga olinganidan keyin olingan
Tug'ilgan	Dennis Endryu Nilsen (1945-11-23)1945 yil 23-noyabr Fraserburg, Aberdinshir, Shotlandiya
O'ldi	2018 yil 12-may(2018-05-12) (72 yosh) York, Yorkshir, Angliya
Sudlanganlik (lar)	Qotillik Qotillikka urinish
Jinoiy jazo	Bir umrga ozodlikdan mahrum qilish (butun hayot tarifi )
Tafsilotlar
Jabrlanganlar	12–15
Jinoyatlar oralig'i	1978 yil 30 dekabr - 1983 yil 26 yanvar
Mamlakat	Birlashgan Qirollik
Qo'lga olingan sana	1983 yil 9-fevral

Dennis Endryu Nilsen (1945 yil 23-noyabr - 2018-yil 12-may) Shotlandiya edi ketma-ket qotil va nekrofil 1978 yildan 1983 yilgacha kamida o'n ikki yigit va o'g'ilni o'ldirgan London, Angliya. Da sudlangan Qari Beyli oltita qotillik va ikkitasi qotillikka urinish, Nilsenga hukm qilindi umrbod qamoq 1983 yil 4-noyabrda, kamida yigirma besh yil ishlashini tavsiya qilish bilan. Keyinchalik bu tavsiya a ga o'zgartirildi butun hayot tarifi. Keyingi yillarda Nilsen qamoqda edi To'liq Satton qattiq qamoq.

Nilsenning barcha qotilliklari ikkalasida sodir etilgan Shimoliy London U 1978-1983 yillarda yashagan manzillar. Uning qurbonlari aldash yo'li bilan ushbu manzillarga tortilib, o'ldirilishi mumkin edi bo'g'ish, ba'zan bilan birga g'arq bo'lish. Har bir qotillikdan keyin Nilsen qurbonning jasadini yuvguncha va kiyintirgan marosimini o'tkazar edi. ajratish qoldiqlarni gulxan ustiga yoqish yoki hojatxonani pastga tushirish orqali yo'q qilish.

Nilsen nomi bilan tanilgan Muswell Hill qotilligi, keyinchalik u qotilliklarini sodir etganida Musuell tepaligi Shimoliy London tumani. U vafot etdi York kasalxonasi 2018 yil 12 mayda o'pka emboliya qorinni tiklash bo'yicha operatsiyadan so'ng paydo bo'lgan retroperitoneal qon ketish aorta anevrizmasi.

Hayotning boshlang'ich davri

Bolalik

Dennis Nilsen 1945 yil 23-noyabrda tug'ilgan Fraserburg, Aberdinshir, Elizabeth Duti Naytdan tug'ilgan uch farzandning ikkinchisi va Olav Magnus Moksxaym (familiyani qabul qilgan) Nilsen ).^[1] Uning otasi 1940 yilda Shotlandiyaga sayohat qilgan Norvegiya askari edi Ozod Norvegiya kuchlari quyidagilarga rioya qilish Germaniyaning Norvegiyani bosib olishi. Qisqa tanishishdan so'ng, u 1942 yil may oyida Elizabet Naytga uylandi va yangi turmush qurganlar uning ota-onasining uyiga ko'chib o'tdilar.

Nilsenning ota-onasi o'rtasidagi nikoh qiyin kechdi. Olav Nilsen erkin Norvegiya kuchlari oldidagi vazifalari bilan mashg'ul bo'lgan va turmush o'rtog'i bilan ko'p vaqt o'tkazish yoki yangi uy topish uchun ozgina harakat qilmagan holda, turmushga jiddiy munosabatda bo'lmagan.^[2] Uchinchi farzandi tug'ilgandan so'ng, Nilsenning onasi u "o'ylamasdan turmushga shoshildi" degan xulosaga keldi. Er-xotin 1948 yilda ajrashgan.^[3] Er-xotinning uchala farzandi ham - kichik Olav, Dennis va Silviya - otalarining onasining uyiga qisqa tashriflarida homilador bo'lishgan. Uning ota-onasi Endryu va Lili (ism-familiyasi Duti) Xayte, hech qachon qizining erini tanlashini ma'qullamagan - ajrashganidan keyin qizini qo'llab-quvvatlashgan va nevaralariga e'tibor berishgan.

Nilsen tinch, ammo sarguzasht bolasi edi. Uning dastlabki bolalik xotiralari Shotlandiya qishloqlarida onasi va aka-ukalari, bobosi va buvisi bilan oilaviy pikniklar bo'lgan. taqvodor turmush tarzi (keyinchalik u "sovuq va dabdabali" deb ta'riflagan),^[4] va uzoq qishloq yurishlariga, ayniqsa, unga yaqin bo'lgan ona bobosining yelkasida ko'tarilgan. Kichik Olav va Silviya vaqti-vaqti bilan ushbu yurishlarda Dennis va uning bobosiga hamroh bo'lishgan. Nilsen atigi 5 yoshda bo'lishiga qaramay, ushbu yurishlarni "port bo'ylab, plyajning keng qismida, qirg'oqdan o'ttiz metr orqada ko'tarilgan qumtepalarga qadar ... juda uzoq" deb esladi. ga Inveralloxiya ".^[5] Keyinchalik u bolaligining ushbu bosqichini mamnuniyat deb ta'riflagan,^[6] va uning bobosi uning "buyuk qahramoni va himoyachisi" bo'lib, uning bobosi (baliqchi bo'lgan) dengizda bo'lganida, "U qaytib kelguncha [men uchun] hayot bo'sh bo'lar edi".

1951 yilga kelib Nilsen bobosining sog'lig'i yomonlashdi, ammo u ishlashda davom etdi. 1951 yil 31 oktyabrda Shimoliy dengiz, u vafot etdi yurak xuruji 62 yoshida^[7] Uning jasadi qirg'oqqa olib kelingan va dafn qilinishidan oldin Nilsen oilasining uyiga qaytarilgan. Keyinchalik Nilsen bolaligidagi eng yorqin xotirasi deb ta'riflaganida, onasi yig'lab, bobosini ko'rishni xohlaysizmi, deb so'radi.^[7][8] U shunday deb javob berganida, uni bobosi ochiq tobutda yotgan xonaga olib kirishdi. Nilsen jasadga qarab turganda, onasi unga bobosining uxlayotganini aytdi,^[9] bobosi "yaxshiroq joyga ketganini" qo'shib qo'ydi.^[10]

Bobosi vafot etganidan keyingi yillarda Nilsen jim bo'lib qoldi va o'zini tortib oldi, ko'pincha portda yolg'iz o'zi seld qayiqlarini tomosha qilib turardi. Uyda u kamdan-kam hollarda oilaviy tadbirlarda qatnashgan va kattalar oila a'zolarining unga nisbatan har qanday mehrini namoyish qilishga urinishlaridan chekingan. Nilsen onasi, buvisi va keyinroq o'gay otasi katta akasi va singlisiga bo'lgan adolatsiz e'tiborni ko'rganidan norozi bo'lib ketdi. Nilsen kichik Olavning mashhurligiga hasad qildi. U tez-tez singlisi Silviya bilan suhbatlashar yoki u bilan o'ynar, u bilan u boshqa har qanday oila a'zosiga yaqinroq edi.

1954 yoki 1955 yillarda Inveralloxiydagi plyajga yakka sayohatlaridan birida Nilsen suv ostida qolib, deyarli dengizga sudrab ketilgan. Dastlab u vahimaga tushdi, qo'llarini silkitib, baqirdi. U "u erda bo'lmagan havoni yutib yuborganida"^[11] u xotirjamlik tuyg'usini boshdan kechirmasdan oldin, bobosi kelib uni tortib olishga yaqinlashayotganiga ishonganini esladi. Uning hayotini qirg'oqqa sudrab chiqqan boshqa bir yoshlar saqlab qolishdi.^[12] Ushbu voqeadan ko'p o'tmay, Nilsenning onasi bobosi va buvisining uyidan uch bolasi bilan kvartiraga ko'chib o'tdi. Keyinchalik u Endryu Skott ismli quruvchiga turmushga chiqdi, u bilan u ko'p yillar davomida yana to'rtta farzand ko'rdi. Garchi Nilsen dastlab o'gay otasidan norozi bo'lsa ham (uni adolatsiz deb hisoblagan) intizomiy ) u asta-sekin uni xafagarchilik bilan hurmat qila boshladi.^[13] Oila ko'chib o'tdi Strichen 1955 yilda.

Boshida balog'at yoshi, Nilsen u ekanligini aniqladi gomoseksual, bu dastlab uni chalkashtirib yubordi va uyaltirdi. U shahvoniyligini oilasidan va ozgina do'stlaridan yashirgan. Chunki u o'ziga jalb qilingan o'g'il bolalarning aksariyati uning singlisi Silviya singari yuz xususiyatlariga ega bo'lgan, chunki u bir marta jinsiy aloqada bo'lgan yoqimli uning o'g'il bolalarga bo'lgan qiziqishi unga nisbatan g'amxo'rlikning namoyon bo'lishi mumkinligiga ishongan.^[14] Nilsen jinsiy aloqada bo'lgan tengdoshlari bilan jinsiy aloqada bo'lish uchun hech qanday harakat qilmadi, garchi keyinchalik u yoshi ulug 'odamni yaxshi ko'rishini aytdi va bu tajribani yoqimsiz deb topdi.^[15] Bir safar u akasi uxlab yotganida uning jasadini ham erkalagan va erkalagan.^[16] Natijada, kichik Olav akasining gey ekanligidan gumon qila boshladi va uni jamoat oldida muntazam kamsitardi - Dennisni "tovuq" deb atagan (Shotlandiya) lahjasi "qiz" uchun).^[17] Dastlab Nilsen singlisiga mehr qo'yishi uning dalili bo'lishi mumkin deb ishongan biseksual.

Nilsen o'smirlik yoshiga qadam qo'yganida, u Strichenda hayotni tobora bo'g'ib qo'ydi, cheklangan ko'ngil ochish imkoniyatlari yoki martaba imkoniyatlari bilan. U ota-onasining farzandlarini ta'minlash va ularga g'amxo'rlik qilish borasidagi sa'y-harakatlarini hurmat qildi, ammo onasi va o'gay otasi ularning turmush tarzini yaxshilash uchun hech qanday harakat qilmasdan, uning oilasi ko'p tengdoshlaridan kambag'al bo'lganidan norozi bo'la boshladi; Shunday qilib, Nilsen kamdan-kam hollarda do'stlarini oilaviy uyga taklif qildi.^[13] 14 yoshida u qo'shildi Armiya kadet kuchlari, ko'rish Britaniya armiyasi uning qishloq kelib chiqishidan qochish uchun potentsial yo'l sifatida.^[18]

Armiya xizmati

Nilsenning rekordi o'rtacha ko'rsatkichdan yuqori edi.^[19] U tarixga ham, san'atga ham qobiliyatini namoyish etdi, ammo sportdan qochdi. U maktabni 1961 yilda tugatgan va qisqacha konserva zavodida ishlagan, chunki qaysi kasb yo'lini tanlash kerakligini o'ylagan.^[20] Zavodda uch hafta bo'lganidan so'ng, Nilsen onasiga armiyaga qo'shilish niyati borligini va u erda oshpaz sifatida o'qitishni niyat qilganini ma'lum qildi. Nilsen kirish imtihonlarini topshirdi va 1961 yil sentyabr oyida to'qqiz yillik xizmatga chaqirilishi kerakligi to'g'risida rasmiy xabar oldi va o'qishni shu bilan boshladi. Armiya ovqatlanish korpusi da Sankt-Omer kazarmasi yilda Aldershot, Xempshir. Bir necha hafta ichida Nilsen armiyadagi majburiyatlarini bajara boshladi; keyinchalik u Aldershotdagi uch yillik mashg'ulotini "hayotimdagi eng baxtli" deb ta'rifladi.^[21] U mashg'ulotlarida unga taqdim etilgan sayohat imkoniyatlaridan zavqlanib, ikkala ishtirok etgan tantanali paradda qatnashgan polkini alohida ta'kidladi. qirolicha va Feldmarshal Lord Algame Montgomeri.

Aldershotda turganida Nilsenning yashirin tuyg'ulari qo'zg'alishni boshladi, ammo u jinsiy yo'nalishini hamkasblaridan yaxshi yashirgan edi. Nilsen hech qachon o'z askarlari safida rivojlanishdan qo'rqib dush qabul qilmagan erektsiya ularning huzurida; Buning o'rniga hammomda yolg'iz cho'milishni tanlash, bu esa unga shaxsiy hayotni ta'minladi onanizm kashfiyotsiz.^[22]

1964 yil o'rtalarida Nilsen dastlabki ovqatlanish imtihonini topshirdi va rasmiy ravishda 1-batalyonga tayinlandi Royal Fusiliers yilda Osnabruk, G'arbiy Germaniya, u erda xizmat qilgan xususiy. Ushbu tarqatishda Nilsen spirtli ichimliklarni iste'mol qilishni ko'paytira boshladi. U o'zini va hamkasblarini "mehnatsevar, shov-shuvli uchastka" deb ta'riflagan; uning hamkasblari uning uyatchanligini engillashtirish uchun ko'pincha ichkilikbozlik qilganini esladilar. Bir safar Nilsen va nemis yoshlari o'zlarini esankiratib qo'ydilar. Nilsen uyg'onganida, o'zini nemis yoshlari kvartirasida ko'rdi. Hech qanday jinsiy aloqa sodir bo'lmadi, ammo bu voqea Nilsenning hayotini kuchaytirdi jinsiy xayollar, dastlab uning jinsiy sherigi - doimo yosh, ingichka erkak - umuman passiv bo'lgan. Ushbu xayollar asta-sekin sherigining ongsiz bo'lishiga aylandi^[23] yoki o'lik. Bir necha bor Nilsen o'z hamkasblaridan biri tomonidan jinsiy yo'l bilan aralashib, o'zining moyil tanasiga ega bo'lish uchun taxminiy harakatlar qildi. Bunday holatlarda, u va uning hamkasblari har qachongidan ortiq ichishganida, Nilsen hamkasblaridan biri uning go'yoki hushidan ketgan tanasidan jinsiy ravishda foydalanadi degan umidda u o'zini mendan mahrum qilgandek ko'rsatardi.^[24]

Osnabrukdagi ikki yillik xizmatdan so'ng Nilsen Aldershotga qaytib keldi va u erda Norvegiyadagi Britaniya armiyasi uchun oshpaz bo'lib xizmatga ishga joylashguniga qadar rasmiy ovqatlanish imtihonini topshirdi. 1967 yilda u ishga joylashtirildi Adan shtati (avval Adan koloniyasi ), u erda yana oshpaz bo'lib xizmat qilgan Al Mansura qamoqxonasi. Ushbu xabar G'arbiy Germaniya yoki Norvegiyadagi avvalgi xabarlariga qaraganda ancha xavfli edi va keyinchalik Nilsen o'z polkining bir necha kishini, ko'pincha armiya kazarmasi tomon pistirmalarda halok bo'lganini esladi. Arab taksichisi Nilsenni o'g'irlab ketgan va u hushsiz holda uni urib mashinasining yukxonasiga joylashtirgan. Taksining bagajidan sudrab chiqqach, Nilsen kriko tutqichidan ushladi va taksichini hushsiz urishdan oldin polga urib yubordi. Keyin u odamni taksining yukxonasiga qamab qo'ydi.^[25]

Oldingi postlaridan farqli o'laroq, Nilsen Adanda joylashganida o'z xonasiga ega edi. Bu unga kashf qilinmasdan onanizm qilish uchun maxfiylikni taqdim etdi. O'ziga chidamsiz yoki vafot etgan sherigi bilan amalga oshirilgan jinsiy xayollari amalga oshmayotgan Nilsen, o'zini moyil, yalang'och tanasiga oynaga qarab masturbatsiya paytida behush tanasi bilan jinsiy aloqalarni tasavvur qilish bilan qopladi.^[26] Bir safar Nilsen erkin turgan oynadan foydalanib, effekt yaratishi mumkinligini, agar u oynani boshi ko'rinmaydigan qilib joylashtirsa, boshqa erkak bilan jinsiy aloqada bo'lganligini tasavvur qilishi mumkinligini aniqladi. Nilsen uchun bu hiyla-nayrang uning shaxsiyatini vizual tarzda "bo'linishi" mumkin bo'lgan ideal vaziyatni yaratdi: bu masturbatistik xayollarda Nilsen navbat bilan o'zini ham hukmron, ham passiv sherik sifatida tasavvur qildi.^[27] Ushbu xayollar asta-sekin o'zinikiga qo'shilish uchun rivojlandi o'limga yaqin tajriba arab taksichisi bilan, u Adanda ko'rgan o'liklarning jasadlari va 19-asrda tasvirlangan yog 'rasmidagi tasvirlar Medusaning sal Bu erda o'lik yoshning mayin va yalang'och tanasini ushlab turgan keksa odam yonida o'tirgani tasvirlangan parchalanib ketgan boshqa yosh erkak tanasi.^[28] Nilsenning eng yorqin yodga olingan xayolida yaqinda jangda o'ldirilgan, ingichka, jozibali yosh sarg'ish askarda yuzsiz "iflos, sochlari oqsoqol" hukmronlik qiladi, u bu bilan tanani yuvishdan oldin yuvgan. keng tarqalgan murda.^[29]

Ning batafsil qismi Medusaning sal. Vafot etgan yosh erkakning yalang'och va mayin tanasini ushlab turgan keksa odam Nilsen tomonidan masturbatatsiya xayollariga kiritilgan.^[28]

Nilsen Adendagi xizmatini tugatgach, u Buyuk Britaniyaga qaytib keldi va unga xizmat qilishni tayinladi Argil va Sutherland tog'lari ichidagi Seaton kazarmasida Plimut, Devon. Ushbu polk bilan ishlash davomida u har kuni o'ttiz askar va ikki zobitga ovqat tayyorlashi kerak edi. Nilsen bu kazarmada bir yil xizmat qildi va 1969 yilda Argil va Sazerlend tog'liqlari bilan Kiprga ko'chirildi. Bir necha oy o'tgach, polk G'arbiy Berlin, o'sha yili, Nilsen ayol bilan birinchi jinsiy aloqada bo'lgan: a fohisha u kimning xizmatlarini so'ragan. U hamkasblari bilan jinsiy aloqada bo'lganligi bilan maqtangan, ammo keyinroq "yuqori baholangan" va "tushkunlikka tushgan" ayol bilan jinsiy aloqada bo'lganligini aytgan.^{[n 1]} Argyll va Sutherland Highlanders bilan qisqa vaqtdan so'ng Inverness, Nilsen uchun pishirish uchun tanlangan Qirolichaning qirollik gvardiyasi oldin, 1971 yil yanvar oyida, boshqa polk uchun oshpaz bo'lib xizmat qilish uchun qayta tayinlangan Shetland orollari, u erda 11 yillik harbiy faoliyatini darajasida tugatdi tanani 1972 yil oktyabrda.^{[31][n 2]}

1972 yil oktyabr va dekabr oylari orasida Nilsen oilasi bilan yashadi, chunki u keyingi martaba harakatini ko'rib chiqdi. Nilsen Strichenda yashagan uch oy ichida bir necha marotaba onasi uning martaba yo'lidan ko'ra, ayollarning do'stligi yo'qligi va uni turmushga chiqishni va oila qurishni ko'rish istagi haqida ko'proq fikr bildirgan. Bir safar Nilsen katta akasi Olav Jr., uning singlisi va boshqa bir juftlik bilan geylar haqida hujjatli film tomosha qildi. Yig'ilganlarning barchasi mavzuni masxara bilan ko'rib chiqdilar, faqat Nilsenni himoya qilish uchun qizg'in gapirgan gey huquqlari. Jang boshlandi, shundan so'ng kichik Olav onasiga Dennisning gey bo'lganligi haqida xabar berdi.^[33] Nilsen hech qachon akasi bilan gaplashmagan va onasi, o'gay otasi va ukalari bilan faqat vaqti-vaqti bilan yozma aloqada bo'lgan. U qo'shilishga qaror qildi Metropolitan politsiyasi va ko'chib o'tdi London dekabrda o'quv kursini boshlash uchun.^[34]

Londonga ko'chib o'tish

Bandlik

1973 yil aprel oyida Nilsen o'qishni tugatdi va e'lon qilindi Uillesden Yashil. Kichik yoshda konstable, u bir necha marta hibsga olingan, ammo hech qachon jamoat a'zosini jismonan bo'ysundirishga majbur bo'lmagan. Nilsen bu ishdan zavqlanardi, ammo armiya o'rtoqligini sog'inardi.^[35] U kechqurun yolg'iz ichishni boshladi. 1973 yil yoz va kuz oylarida Nilsen tez-tez yurishni boshladi gey pablar va bir nechta bilan shug'ullangan tasodifiy aloqalar erkaklar bilan. U bu uchrashuvlarni "ruhni yo'q qiladigan" aloqalar sifatida ko'rib chiqdi, ularda u "ichki tinchlikni qidirishda" o'z sherigiga tanasini "faqat qarzga berishadi".^[36] u doimiy munosabatlarni izlab topdi.^[37] Avgust oyida, muvaffaqiyatsiz munosabatlardan so'ng, Nilsen shaxsiy hayot tarzi uning ishiga zid bo'lgan degan xulosaga keldi. Xuddi shu oyda uning tug'ilgan otasi vafot etdi, uch farzandining har biri 1000 funt sterling qoldi. Dekabr oyida Nilsen politsiyadan iste'foga chiqdi.^[36]

1973 yil dekabrdan 1974 yil maygacha Nilsen qo'riqchi bo'lib ishlagan. Ish vaqti-vaqti bilan amalga oshirildi va u barqaror, xavfsiz ish topishga qaror qildi. Nilsen a sifatida ish topdi rasmiy xizmatdagi kishi 1974 yil may oyida.^[38] Dastlab u Jobcentre-ga joylashtirildi Daniya ko'chasi, bu erda uning asosiy roli malakasiz ishchilarga ish topish edi.^[39] O'zining ish joyida Nilsen tinch, vijdonli va faol bo'lgan xodim sifatida tanilgan kasaba uyushmasi harakat. Uning qatnovi o'rtacha edi, garchi u tez-tez qo'shimcha ishda ishlashni istasa. 1979 yilda Nilsen ijro etuvchi ofitser vazifasini bajaruvchi etib tayinlandi.^[40] U rasmiy ravishda lavozimga ko'tarildi ijro etuvchi xodim, 1982 yil iyun oyida qo'shimcha nazorat majburiyatlari bilan va boshqa Jobcentrega o'tkazildi Kentish shahri, hibsga olingunga qadar ushbu ishda davom etmoqda.^[40]

Melrose xiyoboni

1975 yil noyabr oyida Nilsen 20 yoshli Devid Gallichan ismli yigitni yana ikki erkak tomonidan pabning tashqarisida tahdid qilinayotganiga duch keldi. Nilsen janjalga aralashib, Gallichanni 80-chi Teignmouth Road-dagi xonasiga olib bordi. Kriklvud Shimoliy London tumani. Ikki kishi kechqurun ichkilik ichish va suhbatlashish bilan o'tkazdi; Nilsen Gallichan yaqinda Londonga ko'chib kelganini bilib qoldi Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, gomoseksual, ishsiz va yotoqxonada istiqomat qilgan. Ertasi kuni ertalab ikkalasi ham katta yashash joyida va Nilsenda yashashga kelishib oldilar - otasi unga meros qoldirgan merosning bir qismidan foydalanib.^[41]- darhol kattaroq mulkni topishga qaror qildi. Bir necha kundan so'ng, juftlik Melrose prospektidagi 195-uydagi, shuningdek, Kriklvuddagi bo'sh qavat qavatini ko'rishdi va ular ko'chib o'tishga qaror qilishdi. Melrose prospektiga ko'chib o'tishdan oldin, Nilsen uy egasi bilan shartnoma tuzdi va shu orqali u Gallichan bilan bog'ning orqa qismidagi eksklyuziv foydalanish huquqiga ega bo'ldi.^[42]

Kvartirani jihozlash kerak edi, lekin Nilsen va Gallichan ko'chib o'tgandan so'ng, ular asosan torli ip deb topdilar.^[43] Keyingi oylarda Nilsen va Gallichan butun kvartirani qayta jihozlashdi va jihozlashdi. Ushbu ishlarning aksariyati Gallichan tomonidan amalga oshirildi, chunki Nilsen Gallichanning ish bilan shug'ullanish istagi yo'qligini aniqlab, o'zini o'zini boquvchi ularning munosabatlarida. Keyinchalik Nilsen Gallichanga jinsiy aloqada bo'lganligini esladi, ammo juftlik kamdan-kam hollarda jinsiy aloqada bo'lgan.^{[n 3]}

Dastlab Nilsen Gallichan bilan ichki qoniqishni boshdan kechirdi; ammo, Melrose avenyusiga ko'chib o'tganlaridan bir yil o'tgach, ikki kishi o'rtasidagi yuzaki munosabatlar zo'riqish belgilarini ko'rsata boshladi. Ular alohida karavotlarda uxladilar va ikkalasi ham uyga tasodifiy jinsiy sheriklarni olib kelishni boshladilar.^[44] Gallichan Nilsen hech qachon unga nisbatan zo'ravonlik qilmaganini, lekin u o'zi bilan shug'ullanganligini ta'kidladi og'zaki haqorat Va 1976 yil boshida bu juftlik tez-tez ko'payib borishi bilan bahslasha boshladi. Keyinchalik Nilsen 1977 yil may oyida bo'lib o'tgan qizg'in bahsdan so'ng Gallichandan qarorgohni tark etishni talab qilganini aytdi. (Keyinchalik Gallichan tergovchilarga munosabatlarni tugatishni tanlaganligi haqida xabar berdi).^[45] Nilsen keyingi o'n sakkiz oy ichida bir nechta boshqa yigitlar bilan qisqa aloqalar o'rnatdi; bu munosabatlarning hech biri bir necha haftadan ko'proq davom etmagan va erkaklarning hech biri Nilsen bilan doimiy ravishda yashash niyatini bildirmagan.

1978 yil oxiriga kelib Nilsen yolg'iz yashagan; u o'tgan o'n sakkiz oy ichida kamida uchta muvaffaqiyatsiz munosabatlarni boshdan kechirgan va keyinchalik u yashashga yaroqsiz ekanligi to'g'risida tobora ko'proq ishonch hosil qilganini tan olgan. 1978 yil davomida u o'z ishiga tobora ko'payib boradigan vaqt, kuch va ishonchni bag'ishladi,^[46] va kechqurunlari u musiqa tinglar ekan, ruhlarni va / yoki lagerni iste'mol qilishga sarf qildi.

Qotillik

1978 yildan 1983 yilgacha Nilsen kamida o'n ikki erkak va o'g'il bolani o'ldirgani va o'ldirgani ma'lum o'ldirmoqchi bo'lgan yana etti kishi (u dastlab 1983 yilda o'n besh qurbonni o'ldirganini tan olgan). Nilsen qurbonlarining aksariyati uysiz yoki gomoseksual erkaklar; boshqalar heteroseksual odamlar edi, u odatda barlarda, jamoat transportida yoki bir safar o'z uyidan tashqarida uchrashgan.^[47] Nilsenning barcha qotilliklari u o'ldirganligi ma'lum bo'lgan yillarda Shimoliy Londonning ikkita manzilida sodir etilgan. Uning qurbonlari aldash orqali ushbu manzillarga aldanib qolishdi - odatda spirtli ichimliklar va / yoki boshpana taklif qilish.^[48]

Nilsenning uyi ichida qurbonlarga odatda oziq-ovqat va spirtli ichimliklar berilardi, keyin bo'g'ib o'ldirilgan - odatda a ligature - o'limga qadar yoki ular hushidan ketguncha. Agar jabrlanuvchi hushidan ketib o'ldirilgan bo'lsa, Nilsen bir necha hafta yoki ba'zida oylar oldin o'z turar-joylarida cho'milish, kiyinish va jasadlarni saqlash marosimini o'tkazmasdan oldin uni vannasida, lavabosida yoki chelak suvida cho'ktirgan. u parchalanib ketgan ularni. 1978 yildan 1981 yilgacha Kriklvuddagi qarorgohda o'ldirilgan har bir qurbon gulxan ustiga yoqish orqali yo'q qilindi. Parchalanishidan oldin Nilsen ichki organlarini olib tashlagan,^[49] u uni kvartirasining orqasidagi panjara yonida yoki yaqinida yo'q qildi Gladstone parki.^[50] Qurbonlar 1982 va 1983 yillarda o'ldirilgan Musuell tepaligi uning kvartirasida turar joy, ularning go'shti va mayda suyaklari yuvinish xonasida yuvilib tashlangan.

Nilsen bir necha qurbonlarining yalang'och jasadlarini ko'rib, masturbatsiya bilan shug'ullanganini va qurbonlarining olti tanasi bilan jinsiy aloqada bo'lganligini tan oldi,^[51] lekin u hech qachon bunday qilmagan edi kirib bordi uning qurbonlaridan biri.^[52]

Melrose xiyoboni 195

Nilsen o'zining birinchi qurboni 14 yoshli Stiven Xolmsni 1978 yil 30-dekabrda o'ldirdi. Xolms Nilsen bilan Kriklvud Arms pabida uchrashdi, u erda Xolms spirtli ichimliklarni sotib olishga muvaffaq bo'lmagan. Nilsenning so'zlariga ko'ra, u Xolms bilan uchrashgan kuni kechqurun o'z xonadonidan chiqib, kompaniyani qidirishi kerakligi to'g'risida qaror qabul qilishdan oldin yolg'iz o'zi ichkilik ichgan.^[53] Nilsen alkogol ichish va musiqa tinglash va'dasi bilan Xolmsni uyiga taklif qildi,^[54] uni taxminan 17 yoshda deb ishonish. Nilsenning uyida u ham, Xolms ham uxlamasdan oldin juda ko'p ichishgan. Ertasi kuni ertalab Nilsen uyg'onib, Xolmsni karavotida uxlab yotganini ko'rdi. Keyingi yozma iqrorliklarida Nilsen "agar u meni tashlab ketsa, uni uyg'otishdan qo'rqishini" aytgan. Uxlab yotgan yoshlarni erkalaganidan so'ng, Nilsen Xolmsni "xohlasa ham, xohlamasa ham Yangi yil davomida men bilan qolishga" qaror qildi.^[55] A uchun erishish bo'yinbog ', Nilsen o'smirni suv bilan to'ldirilgan chelakka g'arq qilishdan oldin, Xolmsni hushidan ketayotganda bo'g'ib o'tirgan. Keyin Nilsen Xolmsni karavotiga qo'ymasdan va jasadini silamasdan oldin jasadni vannasida yuvdi. U o'tishini kutmasdan oldin tanada ikki marta onanizm bilan shug'ullangan qat'iy mortis unga murdani pol taxtalari ostiga qo'yishiga imkon berish.^[56] Xilmsning jasadlari deyarli sakkiz oy davomida pol taxtalari ostida qoldi, Nilsen o'z kvartirasining orqasida bog'da gulxan yasab, 1979 yil 11 avgustda jasadni yoqib yubordi.^[57]

1983 yilda uning o'ldirilishi haqida o'ylar ekan, Nilsen Xolmsni o'ldirganini aytdi: "Men o'limga sabab bo'lgan tushlarni ko'rdim ... bu mening jinoyatim"^[59] u "o'lim va yangi turdagi flatmate egalik qilish yo'lidan boshlaganini" qo'shib qo'ydi.^{[60][n 4]}

1979 yil 11 oktyabrda Nilsen talabani o'ldirmoqchi bo'ldi Gonkong u bilan uchrashgan Endryu Xo ismli Sent-Martin ko'chasi pub va jinsiy aloqada bo'lish va'dasiga binoan o'z xonadoniga tortildi. Nilsen Xoni bo'g'ib o'ldirishga urindi, u o'zining kvartirasidan qochib qutulishga muvaffaq bo'ldi va bu haqda politsiyaga xabar berdi. Nilsen voqea bilan bog'liq holda so'roq qilingan, ammo Xo ayblovlarni qo'ymaslikka qaror qilgan.^[61]

Xoni o'ldirishga urinishdan ikki oy o'tgach, 1979 yil 3-dekabrda Nilsen 23 yoshli kanadalik talaba Kennet Okenden bilan uchrashdi,^[62] qarindoshlarini ziyorat qilish uchun Angliya bo'ylab sayohat qilgan.^[63] Nilsen Ockenden bilan uchrashdi, ikkalasi ham a ichganda West End pab. Yoshlar sayyoh bo'lganini bilib, Nilsen Ockendenga Londonning bir nechta diqqatga sazovor joylarini ko'rsatishni taklif qildi, bu taklif Ockenden qabul qildi. Keyin Nilsen yoshlarni ovqat va boshqa ichimliklar va'da qilib o'z uyiga taklif qildi. Juftlik anda to'xtadi litsenziyadan tashqari Nilsen qarorgohiga yo'l olgan va viski, rom va pivo sotib olgan, Ockenden hisob-kitobni baham ko'rishni talab qilgan.^[63] Nilsen qat'iy ravishda Ockendenni bo'g'ib o'ldirganini eslay olmasligini aytdi, lekin Ockenden musiqa tinglayotgan paytda yoshlarni (Nilsen) naushniklarining simlari bilan bo'g'ib o'ldirganini esladi. U shuningdek, bo'yniga o'ralgan simni bo'yniga o'ralgan holda yoshlarini poldan sudrab borganini esladi, oldin yarim stakan romni quyib, Ockendenni bo'g'ib qo'ygan minigarniturada musiqa tinglashni davom ettirdi.^[64]

Ertasi kuni Nilsen a Polaroid kamera va Ockendenning jasadini turli xil holatlarda suratga oldi. Keyin u Ockendenning tepasida o'ralgan jasadni karavotiga yotqizdi, u jasadni polietilen paketlarga o'rab, polni taxtasi ostiga qo'yishdan oldin bir necha soat televizorni tomosha qildi. Taxminan to'rt kun ichida, keyingi ikki haftada, Nilsen Ockendenning jasadini pol taxtasi ostidan ajratib qo'ydi va jasadni o'zi bilan birga televizor tomosha qilib, spirtli ichimlik ichayotganda kresloga o'tirdi.^[52]

Nilsen o'zining uchinchi qurboni 16 yoshli Martin Duffini 1980 yil 17 mayda o'ldirgan. Birkenhead, Mersisayd, 13-may kuni ota-onasi bilmagan holda Londonda avtostop bilan yurgan Britaniya transport politsiyasi uning poezd narxidan qochganligi uchun. To'rt kun davomida Daffi uxlab yotgan edi Euston temir yo'l stantsiyasi oldin Nilsen uyushma konferentsiyasidan qaytayotganda yoshlar bilan uchrashdi Sautport.^[65] Dilsini esladi Nilsen, ham charchagan, ham och bo'lgan va Nilsenning kechki ovqat uchun yotoq va yotoq taklifini quvonch bilan qabul qildi. Yoshlar Nilsenning karavotida uxlab qolishganidan so'ng, Nilsen uning bo'yniga bog'lab qo'ydi, keyin bir vaqtning o'zida Duffeyning ko'kragiga o'tirdi va ligatani "katta kuch" bilan mahkamladi. Dilni hushidan ketguncha Nilsen bu qo'lni ushlab turdi; keyin u yoshlarni oshxonasiga sudrab kirib, uni cho'milish joyiga g'arq qildi^[66] tanasi bilan yuvinishdan oldin - u "men ko'rgan eng yosh qiyofali" deb esladi.

Daffining jasadi avval oshxona stuliga, so'ngra uni bo'g'ib o'ldirgan karavotga qo'yildi. Murdaning oshqozonida o'tirganida onanizm qilganidan oldin ham, keyin ham Nilsen tomonidan jasad bir necha bor o'pilgan, iltifotlangan va erkalagan. Ikki kun davomida Daffining jasadi shkafga o'ralgan edi,^[67] oldin Nilsen belgilarini qayd etgan shishiradi; shu sababli, "u to'g'ridan-to'g'ri pol taxtasi ostiga tushdi".^[68]

Duffeyning o'ldirilishidan keyin Nilsen tez-tez o'ldirishni boshladi. 1980 yil oxirigacha u yana besh qurbonni o'ldirgan va bir-birini o'ldirishga uringan; Nilsen o'ldirgan ushbu qurbonlardan faqat bittasi, 26 yoshli Uilyam Devid Sazerland hech qachon aniqlanmagan. Nilsenning noma'lum qurbonlar haqidagi xotiralari noaniq edi, ammo u har bir jabrlanuvchining qanday o'ldirilganligini va tanani ajratishdan oldin qancha vaqt saqlanganligini grafik ravishda esladi. Noyabr oyida o'ldirilgan bir noma'lum jabrlanuvchi bo'g'ilib o'ldirilganda velosiped harakatida oyoqlarini harakatga keltirgan (Nilsen 11-18 noyabr kunlari ishdan bo'shatilganligi ma'lum,^[69] ehtimol ushbu qotillik tufayli); yana bir noma'lum jabrlanuvchi Nilsen tizzasiga cho'kib yig'lab yig'lashdan oldin, ko'zguga qarab o'zini qiyofasiga tupurish uchun turishdan oldin, reanimatsiyani muvaffaqiyatsiz o'tkazdi.^[70] Boshqa safar u klassik mavzuni tinglar ekan, noma'lum qurbonning jasadi bilan birga yotoqda yotdi Oddiy odam uchun fanfar^[71] yig'lab yuborishdan oldin.

Muqarrar ravishda Nilsen pol taxtasi ostida to'plangan jismlar hasharotlarni o'ziga jalb qildi va yomon hid yaratdi, ayniqsa yoz oylarida. Nilsen qurbonlarni pol taxtasi ostidan ajratib qo'ygan hollarda, u jasadlar bilan qoplanganligini ta'kidladi kuklalar va kurtlar bilan zararlangan; ba'zi qurbonlarning boshlarida ko'zlar va og'izlardan kurtlar sudralib yurgan.^[72] U dezodorantlarni pol taxtalari ostiga qo'ydi va purkagich sepdi hasharotlar kvartirada kuniga ikki marta, lekin chirigan hid va pashshalar borligi saqlanib qoldi.^[73]

1980 yil oxirida Nilsen 1979 yil dekabridan beri o'ldirilgan har bir qurbonning jasadlarini olib tashladi va ularni uyining orqasida chiqindilar ustiga qurgan jamoat gulxanida yoqib yubordi.^[74] Ushbu pirga o'rnatilgan oltita tanasi tanasining yonayotgan go'shti hidini yashirish uchun Nilsen gulxanni eski avtomobil shinalari bilan kiyib oldi. Uchala mahalla bolalari ushbu maxsus gulxanni tomosha qilish uchun turishdi va keyinchalik Nilsen o'z xotiralarida, agar bu uchta bolani "ommaviy dafn marosimi atrofida raqsga tushganini" ko'rganida, "tartibda" bo'lib tuyulishini his qilganini yozdi.^[75] Olovli olov kul va kulga aylangach, Nilsen tirnoq yordamida qoldiqlarni tanib bo'ladigan suyaklarni qidirib topdi. Bosh suyagi hali ham buzilmaganligini ta'kidlab, uni tirnoqlari bilan parchalab tashladi.^[75]

1981 yil 4-yanvar kuni Nilsen noma'lum odam bilan uchrashdi, uni tergovchilar uchun "18 yoshli, ko'k ko'zli" yosh shotlandiyalik deb ta'rifladi^[77] yilda Golden Lion pabida Soho; a-da qatnashish va'dasiga binoan u Melrose avenyusiga tortildi ichimlik tanlovi. Nilsen va ushbu jabrlanuvchi bir nechta ichimliklar iste'mol qilgandan so'ng, Nilsen uni galstuk bilan bo'g'ib o'ldirdi va keyinchalik jasadni pol taxtasi ostiga qo'ydi. Ma'lumki, Nilsen ish beruvchiga kasal bo'lib qolgani va 12 yanvar kuni ishda qatnasha olmasligi haqida xabar bergan, chunki u ushbu jabrlanuvchini ham, taxminan bir oy oldin o'ldirgan boshqa noma'lum jabrlanuvchini ham ajratishi mumkin.^[78] Aprelga qadar Nilsen yana ikkita noma'lum jabrlanuvchini o'ldirdi: ulardan birini u ingliz deb ta'rifladi skinhead u kim bilan uchrashgan Lester maydoni; boshqasini u "deb ta'riflaganBelfast bola "; 20 yoshdan oshgan, taxminan 1,75 m balandlikdagi bir kishi. Ushbu uchta noma'lum qurbonning birinchisiga nisbatan, u keyinchalik bexosdan aks etdi:" Kunning oxiri, ichimlikning oxiri, tugashi bir kishi ... pol taxtalari orqaga, gilam almashtirildi va yana Daniya ko'chasida ishlashga qaytdi ".^[79]

Melrose prospektida o'ldirilgan oxirgi qurbon 23 yoshli Malkolm Barlou edi, uni Nilsen 1981 yil 17 sentyabrda uyining tashqarisidagi devorga qulab tushganini aniqladi. Nilsen Barlowning farovonligi to'g'risida so'raganda, unga Barlouga buyurilgan dori-darmon etkazildi. uning epilepsiya oyoqlarini zaiflashishiga sabab bo'lgan edi. Nilsen Barlowni kasalxonada yotishini taklif qildi va uni qo'llab-quvvatlab, tez yordamga qo'ng'iroq qilishdan oldin uni o'z uyiga olib kirdi.^[80] Ertasi kuni Barlow kasalxonadan chiqarilib, Nilsenning uyiga qaytib keldi, shekilli, unga minnatdorchilik bildirdi. Uni taklif qilishdi va ovqat yeb bo'lgach, divanda uxlamasdan oldin rom va koks ichishni boshladi. Nilsen qo'l bilan bo'g'ib o'ldirilgan Barlo u uxlayotganda, ertasi kuni ertalab tanasini oshxonadagi lavabo ostiga qo'yishdan oldin.^[81]

1981 yil o'rtalarida Nilsenning uy egasi qaror qildi yangilamoq Melrose xiyoboni 195,^[82] va Nilsendan mulkni bo'shatishni so'radi. Nilsen dastlab bu taklifga chidamli edi, ammo turar joyni bo'shatish uchun uy egasidan 1000 funt sterling taklifini qabul qildi. U 23D Krenli bog'idagi uyingizda kvartirasiga ko'chib o'tdi^[83] 1981 yil 5 oktyabrda Shimoliy Londonning Muswell Hill tumanida.^[82] Uyni bo'shatishdan bir kun oldin Nilsen ushbu manzilda o'ldirgan so'nggi beshta qurbonning tanasini o'z kvartirasi orqasida bog'da qurgan uchinchi va oxirgi gulxanida yoqib yubordi. Shunga qaramay, Nilsen yonayotgan go'shtning hidini yashirish uchun gulxanni eski avtoulov shinalari bilan kiyib olishini ta'minladi (Nilsen yanvar va avgust oylarida ushbu qurbonlarning to'rt nafarining jasadini allaqachon parchalab tashlagan edi,^[84] va faqat Barlowni bu uchinchi gulxan uchun ajratishni yakunlash uchun kerak edi).

23 Krenli bog'lari

Krenli bog'idagi 23-uyda Nilsen bog'ga kirish imkoniga ega emas edi va u uyingizda kvartirasida yashovchi bo'lganligi sababli, u o'zining taxtasi ostiga hech qanday jasadni qo'ya olmadi. Deyarli ikki oy davomida Nilsen bilan uchrashgan va uning xonadoniga tortilgan tanishlar hech qanday tajovuz qilmagan,^[39] garchi u 1981 yil 23 noyabrda Pol Nobbs ismli 19 yoshli talabani bo'g'ib o'ldirmoqchi bo'lsa ham,^[85] lekin o'zini aktni yakunlashdan to'xtatdi.^{[86][n 5]}

1982 yil mart oyida Nilsen 23 yoshli Jon Xovlet bilan Lester maydoni yaqinidagi pabda ichkilik ichayotganda duch keldi. Xovlet Nilsen bilan birga ichishni davom ettirish va'dasi bilan Nilsenning uyiga tortildi.^[87] U erda Nilsen ham, Xovlet ham film tomosha qilganlarida ichishgan, Xovlet Nilsenning old xonasiga kirib, karavotda uxlab qolishidan oldin (bu vaqtda oldingi xonada joylashgan). Bir soat o'tgach, Nilsen Xovletni uyg'otishga urinib ko'rdi, so'ngra uni o'ldirishga qaror qilishdan oldin Xovoltga tikilib turganda, karavot chetida rom ichdi.^[88] Following a ferocious struggle (in which Howlett himself attempted to strangle his attacker), Nilsen strangled Howlett into unconsciousness with an upholstery strap before returning to his living room, shaking from the "stress of the struggle" in which he had believed he would be overpowered. On three occasions over the following ten minutes, Nilsen unsuccessfully attempted to kill this victim after noting he had resumed breathing, before deciding to fill his bathtub with water and drown him.^[89] For over a week following Howlett's murder, Nilsen's own neck bore the victim's finger impressions.^[90]

Cranley Gardens, Musuell tepaligi. Nilsen occupied an attic flat. His practice of flushing dissected body parts down the lavatory led to his arrest.

In May 1982, Nilsen encountered Carl Stottor, a 21-year-old gay man, as the youth drank at the Black Cap pub Kamden.^[40] Nilsen engaged Stottor in conversation, discovering the youth was tushkunlikka tushgan following a failed relationship. After plying the youth with alcohol,^[91] Nilsen invited Stottor to his flat, assuring his guest he had no intention of sexual activity. At the flat, Stottor consumed further alcohol before falling asleep upon an open sleeping bag; he later awoke to find himself being strangled with Nilsen loudly whispering, "Stay still".^[92]

In his subsequent testimony at Nilsen's trial, Stottor stated he initially believed Nilsen was trying to free him from the zip of the sleeping bag, before he returned to a state of unconsciousness. He then vaguely recalled hearing "water running" before realising he was immersed in the water and that Nilsen was attempting to drown him. After briefly succeeding in raising his head above the water, Stottor gasped the words, "No more, please! No more!" before Nilsen again submerged Stottor's head beneath the water.^[92] Believing he had killed Stottor, Nilsen seated the youth in his armchair, then noted his mongrel dog, Bleep, licking Stottor's face. Nilsen realised the tiniest thread of life still clung in the youth: he rubbed Stottor's limbs and heart to increase tiraj, covered the youth's body in blankets, then laid him upon his bed. When Stottor regained consciousness, Nilsen embraced him; he then explained to Stottor he had almost strangled himself on the zip of the sleeping bag, and that he had reanimatsiya qilingan uni. Over the following two days, Stottor repeatedly lapsed in and out of consciousness. When Stottor had regained enough strength to question Nilsen as to his recollections of being strangled and immersed in cold water, Nilsen explained he had become caught in the zip of the sleeping bag following a nightmare, and that he had placed him in cold water as "you were in shock". Nilsen then led Stottor to a nearby railway station, where he informed the youth he hoped they might meet again before he bade him farewell.

Three months after Nilsen's June 1982 promotion to the position of executive officer in his employment, he encountered a 27-year-old named Graham Allen attempting to hail a taxi in Shaftesbury avenyu. Allen accepted Nilsen's offer to accompany him to Cranley Gardens for a meal. As had been the case with several previous victims, Nilsen stated he could not recall the precise moment he had strangled Allen, but recalled approaching him as he sat eating an omlet with the full intention of murdering him.^[90] Allen's body was retained in the bathtub for a total of three days before Nilsen began the task of dissecting his body upon the kitchen floor. Nilsen is again known to have informed his employers he was ill and unable to attend work on 9 October 1982—likely in order that he could complete the dissection of Allen's body.^[93]

On 26 January 1983, Nilsen killed his final victim, 20-year-old Stephen Sinclair. Sinclair was last seen by acquaintances in the company of Nilsen, walking in the direction of a metro stantsiyasi. At Nilsen's flat, Sinclair fell asleep in a drug- and alcohol-induced stupor in an armchair as Nilsen sat listening to the rock opera Tommi.^[94] Nilsen approached Sinclair, knelt before him and said to himself, "Oh Stephen, here I go again",^[95] before strangling Sinclair with a ligature constructed with a necktie and a rope. Eslatma crepe bandages upon each of Sinclair's wrists, Nilsen removed these to discover several deep slash marks from where Sinclair had recently tried to kill himself.

Following his usual ritual of bathing the body, Nilsen laid Sinclair's body upon his bed, applied talcum powder to the body, then arranged three mirrors around the bed before himself lying naked alongside the dead youth. Several hours later, he turned Stephen's head towards him, before kissing the youth's body on the forehead and saying, "Goodnight, Stephen". Nilsen then fell asleep alongside the body.^[96] As had been the case with both Howlett and Allen, Sinclair's body was subsequently dissected, with various dismembered parts wrapped in plastic bags and stored in either a wardrobe, a tea chest or within a drawer located beneath the bathtub. The bags used to seal Sinclair's remains were sealed with the same crepe bandages Nilsen had found upon Sinclair's wrists.^[97] Nilsen attempted to dispose of the flesh, internal organs and smaller bones of all three victims killed at Cranley Gardens by flushing their dissected remains down his toilet. In a practice which he had conducted upon several victims killed at Melrose Avenue, he also boiled the heads, hands and feet to remove the flesh off these sections of the victims' bodies.

On 4 February 1983, Nilsen wrote a letter of complaint to estate agents complaining that the drains at Cranley Gardens were blocked, and that the situation for both himself and the other ijarachilar at the property was intolerable.^[98] The following day, he refused to allow an acquaintance to enter his property, the reason being he had begun to dismember Sinclair's body on the floor of his kitchen.

Discovery and arrest

Nilsen's murders were first discovered by a Dyno-Rod employee, Michael Cattran, who responded to the plumbing complaints made by both Nilsen and other tenants of Cranley Gardens on 8 February 1983.^[99] Opening a drain cover at the side of the house, Cattran discovered the drain was packed with a flesh-like substance and numerous small bones of unknown origin. Cattran reported his suspicions to his supervisor, Gary Wheeler. As Cattran had arrived at the property at dusk, he and Wheeler agreed to postpone further investigation into the blockage until the following morning. Prior to leaving the property, Nilsen and a fellow tenant convened with Cattran to discuss the source of the substance. Upon hearing Cattran exclaim how similar the substance was in appearance to human flesh, Nilsen replied: "It looks to me like someone has been flushing down their Kentukki qovurilgan tovuqi."^[100]

7:30 da a.m. the following morning, Cattran and Wheeler returned to Cranley Gardens, by which time the drain had been cleared. This aroused the suspicions of both men. Cattran discovered some scraps of flesh and four bones in a pipe leading from the drain which linked to the top flat of the house. To both Cattran and Wheeler, the bones looked as if they originated from a human hand. Both men immediately called the police who, upon closer inspection, discovered further small bones and scraps of what looked to the naked eye like either human or animal flesh in the same pipe.^[101] These remains were taken to the mortuary at Xornsi, qayerda patolog Professor David Bowen advised police that the remains were human,^[102] and that one particular piece of flesh he concluded had been from a human neck bore a ligature mark.

Upon learning from fellow tenants that the top floor flat from where the human remains had been flushed belonged to Nilsen, Tergovchi bosh inspektor Peter Jay and two colleagues opted to wait outside the house until Nilsen returned home from work. When Nilsen returned home, DCI Jay introduced himself and his colleagues; explaining they had come to enquire about the blockage in the drains from his flat. Nilsen asked why the police were interested in his drains and also whether the two officers present with Jay were health inspectors. In response, Jay informed Nilsen that the other two were also police officers, and requested access to his flat to discuss the matter further.

The three officers followed Nilsen into his flat, where they immediately noted the odour of rotting flesh.^[103] Nilsen questioned further as to why the police were interested in his drains, to which he was informed the blockage had been caused by human remains. Nilsen feigned shock and bewilderment, stating, "Good grief, how awful!" In response, Jay replied: "Don't mess about, where's the rest of the body?" Nilsen responded calmly, admitting that the remainder of the body could be found in two plastic bags in a nearby wardrobe, from which DCI Jay and his colleagues noted the overpowering smell of decomposition emanated. The officers did not open the cupboard, but asked Nilsen whether there were any other body parts to be found, to which Nilsen replied: "It's a long story; it goes back a long time. I'll tell you everything. I want to get it off my chest. Not here—at the police station." He was then arrested and cautioned on suspicion of murder before being taken to Hornsey police station. As he was escorted to the police station, Nilsen was asked whether the remains in his flat belonged to one person or two. Staring out of the window of the police car, he replied, "Fifteen or sixteen, since 1978."^[103]

O'sha kuni kechqurun, a Detective Superintendent Chambers accompanied DCI Jay and Professor Bowen to Cranley Gardens, where the plastic bags were removed from the wardrobe and taken to Hornsey mortuary. One bag was found to contain two dissected torsos, one of which had been vertically dissected, and a shopping bag containing various internal organs. The second bag contained a human skull almost completely devoid of flesh, a severed head, and a torso with arms attached but hands missing. Both heads were found to have been subjected to moist heat.^[104]

Tan olish

In an interview conducted on 10 February, Nilsen confessed there were further human remains stowed in a tea chest in his living room, with other remains inside an upturned drawer in his bathroom. The dismembered body parts were the bodies of three men, all of whom he had killed by strangulation—usually with a necktie. One victim he could not name;^[105] another he knew only as "John the Guardsman",^[106] and the third he identified as Stephen Sinclair. He also stated that, beginning in December 1978, he had killed "twelve or thirteen" men at his former address, 195 Melrose Avenue. Nilsen also admitted to having unsuccessfully attempted to kill approximately seven other people, who had either escaped or, on one occasion, had been at the brink of death but had been revived and allowed to leave his residence.

A further search for additional remains at Cranley Gardens on 10 February revealed the lower section of a torso and two legs stowed in a bag in the bathroom, and a skull, a section of a torso, and various bones in the tea chest.^[107] The same day, Nilsen accompanied police to Melrose Avenue, where he indicated the three locations in the rear garden where he had burned the remains of his victims.^{[n 6]}

Cattran contacted the Daily Mirror 10 fevralda,^[109] informing the newspaper of the ongoing search for human remains at Cranley Gardens, leading the newspaper to break the story and spark intense national media interest.^[109][110] By 11 February, reporters from the Oyna had obtained photographs from Nilsen's mother in Aberdeenshire,^[111] which appeared on their front page the following day.^{[n 7]}

The 12 February 1983 front page of the Daily Mirror, describing Nilsen having been formally charged with the murder of his last victim, Stephen Sinclair

Ostida Ingliz qonuni, the police had forty-eight hours in which to charge Nilsen or release him. Assembling the remains of the victims killed at Cranley Gardens on the floor of Hornsey mortuary, Professor Bowen was able to confirm the fingerprints on one body matched those on police files of Sinclair. At 5:40 pm on 11 February, Nilsen was charged with Sinclair's murder, and a statement revealing this was released to the press. Formal questioning of Nilsen began the same evening,^[113] with Nilsen agreeing to be represented by a advokat (a facility he had earlier declined). Police interviewed Nilsen on sixteen separate occasions over the following days, in interviews which totalled over thirty hours.

Nilsen was adamant he was uncertain as to why he had killed, simply saying, "I'm hoping you will tell me that" when asked his sabab qotilliklar uchun. He was adamant the decision to kill was not made until moments before the act of murder. Most victims had died by strangulation;^[114] on several occasions, he had drowned the victims once they had been strangled into unconsciousness. Once the victim had been killed, he typically bathed the victim's body, shaved any hair from the torso to conform it to his physical ideal,^[115] then applied makeup to any obvious blemishes upon the skin. The body was usually dressed in socks and underpants, before Nilsen draped the victims around him as he talked to the corpse.^[116] With most victims, Nilsen masturbated as he stood alongside or knelt above the body, and Nilsen confessed to having occasionally engaged in intercrural sex with his victims' bodies, but repeatedly stressed to investigators he had never actually penetrated his victims—explaining that his victims were "too perfect and beautiful for the pathetic ritual of commonplace sex".^[117]

All the victims' personal possessions were destroyed following the ritual of bathing their bodies in an effort to obliterate their identity prior to their murder and their now becoming what Nilsen described as a "prop" in his fantasies.^[64] In several instances, he talked to the victim's body as it remained seated in a chair or prone on his bed,^[118] and he recalled being emotional as he marvelled at the beauty of their bodies. With reference to one victim, Kenneth Ockenden, Nilsen noted that Ockenden's "body and skin were very beautiful", adding the sight "almost brought me to tears".^[116] Another, unidentified victim had been so emaciated that he had simply been discarded under the floorboards.

The bodies of the victims killed at his previous address were kept for as long as decomposition would allow: upon noting any major signs of decomposition, Nilsen stowed it beneath his floorboards. If a body did not display any signs of decomposition, he occasionally alternately stowed it beneath the floorboards and retrieved it before again masturbating as he stood over or lay alongside the body. Make-up was again applied to "enhance its appearance" and to obscure blemishes.

When questioned as to why the heads found at Cranley Gardens had been subjected to moist heat, Nilsen stated that he had frequently boiled the heads of his victims in a large cooking pot on his stove in order that the internal contents bug'langan, thus removing the need to dispose of the brain and flesh. The torsos and limbs of the three victims killed at this address were dissected within a week or so of their murder before being wrapped in plastic bags and stowed in the three locations he had indicated to police; the internal organs and smaller bones he flushed down the toilet. This practice—which had led to his arrest—had been the only method he could consider to dispose of the internal organs and soft tissue as, unlike at Melrose Avenue, he had no exclusive use of the garden of the property.

At Melrose Avenue, Nilsen typically retained the victims' bodies for a much longer period before disposing of the remains. He kept "three or four" bodies stowed beneath the floorboards before he dissected the remains, which he would wrap inside plastic bags and either return under the floorboards or, in two instances, place inside suitcases which had been left at the property by a previous tenant. The remains stowed inside suitcases—those of Ockenden and Duffey—were placed inside a shed in the rear garden, and were disposed of upon the second bonfire Nilsen had constructed at Melrose Avenue.^[72] Other dissected remains—minus the internal organs—were returned beneath the floorboards or placed upon a bonfire he had constructed in the garden.

Nilsen confirmed that on four occasions, he had removed the accumulated bodies from beneath his floorboards and dissected the remains, and on three of these occasions, he had then disposed of the accumulated remains upon an assembled bonfire. On more than one occasion, he had removed the internal organs from the victims' bodies and placed them in bags, which he then typically dumped behind a fence to be eaten by wildlife. All the bodies of the victims killed at Melrose Avenue were dismembered after several weeks or months of internment beneath the floorboards. Nilsen recalled that the chiriganlik of these victims' bodies made this task exceedingly vile; he recalled having to fortify his nerves with whisky and having to grab handfuls of salt with which to brush aside maggots from the remains. Often, he vomited as he dissected the bodies,^[75] before wrapping the dismembered limbs inside plastic bags and carrying the remains to the bonfires. Nonetheless, immediately prior to his dissecting the victims' bodies, Nilsen masturbated as he knelt or sat alongside the corpse.^[119] This, he stated, was his symbolic gesture of saying goodbye to his victims.^[72]

When questioned as to whether he had any remorse for his crimes, Nilsen replied: "I wished I could stop, but I couldn't. I had no other thrill or happiness".^[114] He also emphasised that he took no pleasure from the act of killing, but "worshipped the art and the act of death".^[120]

Rasmiy to'lovlar

On 11 February 1983, Nilsen was officially charged with the murder of Stephen Sinclair.^[121] U ko'chirildi HMP Brixton o'tkazilishi kerak hibsga olish uning sudiga qadar.

According to Nilsen, upon being transferred to Brixton Prison to await trial, his mood was one of "resignation and relief", with his belief being that he would be viewed, in accordance with law, as innocent until proven guilty. He objected to wearing a prison uniform while on remand. In protest at having to wear a prison uniform and what he interpreted to be breaches of prison rules, Nilsen threatened to protest against his remand conditions by refusing to wear any clothes; as a result of this threat, he was not allowed to leave his cell. On 1 August, Nilsen threw the contents of his kamerali idish out of his cell, hitting several prison officers.^[122] This incident resulted in Nilsen being found guilty on 9 August of tajovuz qilish prison officers and subsequently spending fifty-six days in yakkama-yakka saqlash.^[121]

On 26 May, Nilsen was committed to stand trial at the Qari Beyli on five counts of murder and two of attempted murder (a sixth murder charge was later added). Throughout this tinglash, he was represented by a solicitor named Ronald Moss, whom he had previously dismissed as his legal representative on 21 April,^[123] before Moss was reappointed to the role after Nilsen had complained to sudyalar he had been afforded no facilities with which he could mount his own mudofaa. Moss was to remain Nilsen's legal representative until July 1983, when Nilsen—again expressing his intention to defend himself—discharged him, until 5 August when Nilsen once again reappointed Moss.

Initially, Nilsen had intended to plead guilty to each charge of murder at his upcoming trial.^[124] With Nilsen's full consent, Moss had fully prepared his defence; five weeks before his trial, Nilsen again dismissed Moss, and opted instead to be represented by Ralph Haeems, upon whose advice Nilsen agreed to plead not guilty by javobgarlikni pasaytirdi.^[125]

The Qari Beyli. Nilsen was brought to trial at this location on 24 October 1983

Sud jarayoni va hukm

Nilsen was brought to trial on 24 October 1983, charged with six counts of murder and two of attempted murder.^[126] He was tried at the Old Bailey before Mr Justice Croom-Johnson^[127] and pleaded not guilty on all charges.

The primary dispute between the jinoiy ish qo'zg'atish and defence counsel was not whether Nilsen had killed the victims, but his state of mind before and during the killings. The prosecuting counsel, Allan Green QC, argued that Nilsen was aqli raso, in full control of his actions, and had killed with oldindan o'ylash. The defence counsel, Ivan Lawrence QC, argued that Nilsen suffered from diminished responsibility, rendering him incapable of forming the intention to commit murder, and should therefore be convicted only of qotillik.^[128][124]

The prosecution counsel opened the case for toj by describing the events of February 1983 leading to the identification of human remains in the drains at Cranley Gardens and Nilsen's subsequent arrest, the discovery of three dismembered bodies in his property, his detailed confession, his leading investigators to the charred bone fragments of twelve further victims killed at Melrose Avenue, and the efforts he had taken to conceal his crimes. In a tactful reference to the primary dispute between opposing counsel at the trial, Green closed his opening speech with an answer Nilsen had given to police in response to a question as to whether he needed to kill: "At the precise moment of the act [of murder], I believe I am right in doing the act". To counteract this argument, Green added: "The Crown says that even if there was mental abnormality, that was not sufficient to diminish substantially his responsibility for these killings".

The first witness to testify for the prosecution was Douglas Stewart, who testified that in November 1980, he had fallen asleep in a chair in Nilsen's flat only to wake to find his ankles bound to a chair and Nilsen strangling him with a tie as he pressed his knee to his (Stewart's) chest. Successfully overpowering Nilsen, Stewart testified that Nilsen had then shouted, "Take my money!"^[129] This, the prosecution attested, reflected Nilsen's rational, cool presence of mind in that he hoped to be overheard by other tenants. Upon leaving Nilsen's residence, Stewart had reported the attack to police, who in turn questioned Nilsen. Noting conflicting details in accounts given by both men, police had dismissed the incident as a lovers' quarrel.^[130] Ustiga so'roq qilish, the defence counsel sought to undermine Stewart's credibility, pointing to minor inconsistencies in the testimony, the fact he had consumed much alcohol on the night in question, and suggesting his memory had been selectively magnified as he had previously sold his story to the press.

On 25 October the court heard testimony from two further men who had survived attempts by Nilsen to strangle them. The first of these, Paul Nobbs, provided testimony which the prosecution asserted was evidence of Nilsen's self-control and ability to refrain from homicidal impulses. A university student, Nobbs testified that he accompanied Nilsen to Cranley Gardens for alcohol and sex and woke in the early hours of the morning with "a terrible headache". Upon washing his face in Nilsen's bathroom, as Nobbs noted his eyes were bloodshot and his face completely red, Nilsen had exclaimed, "God! You look bloody awful!" Nilsen then advised the youth to see a doctor. Nobbs had not reported the attack to police for fear of his sexuality being discovered. Contrary to the prosecution claims, the defence counsel asserted that Nobbs' testimony reflected Nilsen's rational self being unable to control his impulses. The fact Nilsen had selected a university student as a potential victim was at odds with the prosecution's claim that Nilsen intentionally selected rootless males whose disappearance was unlikely to be noted.

Immediately after the testimony of Nobbs had concluded, Carl Stottor took the stand to recount how, in May 1982, Nilsen had attempted to strangle and drown him, before bringing him "back to life". Stottor's voice frequently quavered with emotion as he recounted how Nilsen had repeatedly attempted to drown him in his bathtub as he pleaded in vain for his life to be spared, and how he later awoke to find Nilsen's mongrel dog licking his face; on several occasions, the judge had to allow Stottor time to regain his composure. (The evidence provided by Stottor was not included as part of the ayblov xulosasi against Nilsen as his whereabouts were not known until after the indictment had been completed.)^[131]

DCI Jay then recounted the circumstances of Nilsen's arrest and his "calm, matter-of-fact" confessions, before reading to the court several statements volunteered by Nilsen following his arrest. In one of these statements, Nilsen had said: "I have no tears for my victims; I have no tears for myself, nor those bereaved by my actions". Jay admitted it was unusual for anyone accused of such horrific crimes to be so forthcoming in providing information,^[133] and conceded upon questioning by defence counsel that Nilsen not only provided most of the evidence against himself, but also encouraged the discovery of evidence which could contradict his own version of events. Following Jay's testimony, DS Chambers recited Nilsen's formal confession to the court. This testimony included graphic descriptions of the ritualistic and sexual acts Nilsen performed with his victims' bodies, his various methods of storage of bodies and body parts, dismemberment and disposal, and the problems decomposition—particularly regarding colonies of maggots—afforded him. Several jurors were visibly shaken throughout this testimony; others looked at Nilsen with incredulous expressions on their faces^[134] as Nilsen listened to the testimony with apparent indifference. This testimony lasted until the following morning, when the prosecution included several exhibits into evidence. This included the cooking pot in which Nilsen had boiled the heads of the three victims killed at Cranley Gardens, the cutting board he had used to dissect John Howlett, and several rusted catering knives which had formerly belonged to victim Martyn Duffey.

Ikki psixiatrlar testified on behalf of the defence. The first of these, James MacKeith, began his testimony on 26 October. MacKeith testified as to how, through a lack of emotional development,^[135] Nilsen experienced difficulty expressing any emotion other than anger,^[136] and his tendency to treat other human beings as components of his fantasies. The psychiatrist also described Nilsen's association between unconscious bodies and jinsiy qo'zg'alish; stating that Nilsen possessed narsistik traits, an impaired sense of identity, and was able to depersonalise other people. He stated his conclusions that Nilsen displayed many signs of maladaptive behaviour, the combination of which, in one man, was lethal.^[136] These factors could be attributed to an shaxsning aniqlanmagan buzilishi from which MacKeith believed Nilsen suffered. In response to prosecution contention that, in attributing an unspecified disorder to Nilsen, MacKeith was undecided in his conclusions,^[137] MacKeith contended that this unspecified personality disorder was severe enough to substantially reduce Nilsen's responsibility.^[138]

The second psychiatrist to testify for the defence, Patrick Gallwey, diagnosed Nilsen with a "borderline, false-self as if pseudo-normal, narsistik shaxsning buzilishi ",^[139] with occasional outbreaks of shizoid disturbances that Nilsen managed most of the time to keep at bay; Gallwey stated that, in episodic breakdowns, Nilsen became predominantly schizoid—acting in an impulsive, violent and sudden manner. Gallwey further added that someone suffering from these episodic breakdowns is most likely to disintegrate under circumstances of social isolation. In effect, Nilsen was not guilty of "yomonlik ". Upon cross-examination, Green largely focused upon the degree of awareness shown by Nilsen and his ability to make decisions. Gallwey conceded that Nilsen was intellectually aware of his actions, but stressed that, due to his personality disorder, Nilsen did not appreciate the criminal nature of what he had done.

On 31 October, the prosecution called Paul Bowden to testify in rebuttal of the psychiatrists who had testified for the defence. Prior to Nilsen's trial, Bowden had interviewed the defendant on sixteen separate occasions in interviews totalling over fourteen hours. Over two days, Bowden testified that, although he found Nilsen to be abnormal in a colloquial sense, he had concluded Nilsen to be a manipulative person who had been capable of forming relationships, but had forced himself to objectify people.^[140] Refuting the testimony of MacKeith and Gallwey, Bowden further testified he had found no evidence of maladaptive behaviour, and that Nilsen suffered from no disorder of the mind.

Following the closing arguments of both prosecution and defence, the jury retired to consider their verdict on 3 November 1983. The following day, the jury returned with a majority verdict of guilty upon six counts of murder and one of attempted murder, with a unanimous verdict of guilty in relation to the attempted murder of Nobbs.^[141] Croom-Johnson sentenced Nilsen to umrbod qamoq with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 25 years' imprisonment.^[142]

Qamoq

Following his conviction, Nilsen was transferred to HMP Wormwood Scrubs to begin his sentence.^[143] Kabi Category A prisoner, he was assigned his own cell and could mix freely with other inmates. Nilsen did not lodge an Shikoyat qilish, accepting that the Crown case—that he had had the capacity to control his actions and that he had killed with premeditation—was essentially correct. He further elaborated on the day of his conviction that he took an enormous thrill from the "social seduction; the getting the 'friend' back; the decision to kill; the body and its disposal".^[144] Nilsen also claimed drunkenness was the sole reason at least two of his attempted murders were unsuccessful.^{[145][n 8]}

In December 1983, Nilsen was cut on the face and chest with a razor blade by an inmate named Albert Moffatt, resulting in injuries requiring eighty-nine stitches.^[147] Afterward, he was briefly transferred to HMP Parkhurst, before being transferred to HMP Wakefield, where he remained until 1990. In 1991, Nilsen was transferred to a vulnerable-prisoner unit at HMP Full Sutton upon concerns for his safety. He remained there until 1993, when he was transferred to HMP Whitemoor, again as a Category A prisoner, and with increased segregation from other inmates.

The minimum term of 25 years imprisonment to which Nilsen was sentenced in 1983 was replaced by a butun hayot tarifi tomonidan Uy kotibi Maykl Xovard in December 1994. This ruling ensured Nilsen would never be released from prison, a punishment he accepted.^[148]

In 2003, Nilsen was again transferred to HMP Full Sutton, where he remained incarcerated as a Category A prisoner.^[149] In the prison workshop, Nilsen translated books into brayl. He spent much of his free time reading and writing, and was allowed to paint and compose music upon a keyboard. He also exchanged letters with numerous people who sought his correspondence.^[149] Nilsen remained at HMP Full Sutton until his death on 12 May 2018.^[150][151]

Natijada

Dennis Nilsen in 1992, in an interview with Markaziy televideniye as part of the series Viewpoint 1993 – Murder In Mind

In September 1992, Markaziy televideniye conducted an interview with Nilsen as part of the programme Viewpoint 1993 – Murder In Mind, which focused upon offender profiling.^[152] A four-minute section of this interview, in which Nilsen frankly discussed his crimes, was initially scheduled to be broadcast on 19 January 1993; The Uy idorasi sought to ban the interview from being broadcast^[153] on the grounds that they had not granted permission for Central Television to conduct interviews with Nilsen which were later broadcast to the public, and claimed ownership of copyrighted material. Central Television challenged the Home Office ruling in court, citing sections of the Mualliflik huquqi, dizayn va patent to'g'risidagi qonun 1988 y, and that full permission to conduct an interview with Nilsen had been granted in advance. On 26 January 1993 Judge William Aldous ruled in Central's favour, and the same day, three appeal court judges, Sir Thomas Bingham, Rulo ustasi; Lord Justice McCowan; va Lord adolat Xirst upheld his decision.^[152] The interview was screened in full that evening.^[154]

Nilsen repeatedly sought legal avenues to challenge real and perceived abuses of prison rules by prison officers—regularly petitioning the Home Office and, later, the Evropa inson huquqlari sudi with complaints. As a result, he was an unpopular inmate with successive hokimlar at the various prisons in which he was incarcerated.^[148] In October 2001, Nilson brought a sud nazorati qarshi prison service, citing that the gay yumshoq pornografiya jurnallar Vulkan va U, to which he subscribed regularly, had some images and articles of a more explicit nature removed before the magazine reached him.^[155][156] The legal case he brought against the prison service was dismissed because he could not establish that any breach of his human rights had occurred.^[157]

In the years following his incarceration, Nilsen composed an unpublished, 400-page tarjimai hol, huquqiga ega The History of a Drowning Boy (the title being a reference to his concepts of the tranquillity of death following his grandfather's passing and his own near-fatal drowning in 1954).^[158] A copy of the autobiography remains in the possession of one of the people with whom Nilsen corresponded and in whom he held unquestioning trust.^[159] In his autobiography, Nilsen stated that, beginning with his service in the army, he constantly lived two separate lives: his "real life" and his "fantasy life".^[160] He writes: "When I was with people, I was in the 'real' world, and in my private life, I snapped instantly into my fantasy life. I could oscillate between the two with instant ease." With reference to his murders, Nilsen claimed that his emotional state upon the dates of the murders, in conjunction with the amount of alcohol he had consumed, were both core factors in his decision to kill. He further emphasised that, when feeling low, seizing an opportunity to satisfy the sexual fantasies he had developed in which the victim is the young, attractive and passive partner, and he the older active partner, temporarily relieved him of a general feeling of inadequacy.

Nilsen's first murder victim was identified in 2006 as 14-year-old Stephen Dean Holmes.^[161] Formal identification was confirmed via a combination of tasodifiy dalillar and by Nilsen identifying a photograph of the youth shown to him by police (all bone fragments found at Melrose Avenue had been destroyed). He was not charged with this murder as the Crown Prokuratura xizmati decided that a prosecution would not be in the public interest, and would not contribute to his current sentence.^[161]

At least four victims killed between 1980 and 1981 at Melrose Avenue remain unidentified. A sud tibbiyoti expert testified at Nilsen's 1983 trial that "at least eight bodies" had been incinerated at Melrose Avenue,^[67] academically confirming he had murdered at least eleven victims. Several items confiscated from Nilsen's Cranley Gardens address—some of which had been introduced as evidence at Nilsen's trial—are on display at Yangi Shotland-Yard "s Crime Museum.^[162] These exhibits include the stove upon which Nilsen had boiled the heads of his final three victims; the knives he had used to dissect several of his victims' bodies; the headphones Nilsen had used to strangle Ockenden; the ligature he had fashioned to strangle his last victim; and the bath from his Cranley Gardens address in which he had drowned Howlett and retained the body of Allen prior to dissection.^[163][164]

O'lim

On 10 May 2018, Nilsen was taken from HMP Full Sutton to York kasalxonasi after complaining of severe stomach pains. He was found to have a ruptured abdominal aorta anevrizmasi which was repaired, although he subsequently suffered a qon pıhtısı as a complication of the surgery. Nilsen died on 12 May. Keyingi o'limdan keyin examination revealed that the immediate cause of Nilsen's death was o'pka emboliya and retroperitoneal haemorrhage.^[165][166]

Jabrlanganlar

Nilsen is known to have killed twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983; it is suspected that the true number of victims may be fifteen.^[167] At least nine victims had been killed at 195 Melrose Avenue, with his final three victims being killed at 23 Cranley Gardens. Of Nilsen's eight identified victims, only three—Stephen Holmes, Kenneth Ockenden and Graham Allen—had a permanent address at the time of their murder, with the remaining victims largely (though not exclusively) consisting of sarson-sargardonlar, runaways va male prostitutes.^[131]

1992 yilda,^[148] Nilsen claimed the true total of victims he killed was twelve, and that he had fabricated the three additional victims he initially confessed to having killed at Melrose Avenue,^[168] both in response to pressure as he was being interviewed as well as to simply "stick with the figure" of approximately fifteen victims he had provided investigators with as he was initially escorted to Hornsey police station. Nilsen said that three unidentified victims he had initially confessed to killing—an Irlandiyalik 1980 yil sentyabrda; a "hippi " in November or December 1980, and a skinhead in April 1981—had been invented to simply "complement the continuity of evidence". DCI Jay dismisses Nilsen's claims to have only killed twelve victims, stating that in the more than thirty hours of interviews police had conducted with Nilsen, when discussing the fifteen victims he had initially confessed to killing, he had never provided any inconsistencies in the physical characteristics, the date or place of encounter, the act of murder, or the ritual he observed with the body of any of the fifteen victims.^[168]

1978

• 30 dekabr: Stephen Dean Holmes, 14. Last seen on his way home from a rock concert; Holmes encountered Nilsen in the Cricklewood Arms on the evening of 29 December before accepting an offer to drink alcohol with him at Melrose Avenue. The following morning, Nilsen strangled Holmes with a necktie until he was unconscious, before drowning him in a bucket of water. His body was to remain beneath Nilsen's floorboards for over seven months before being disposed of upon a bonfire, and Holmes was the only victim not to have been dissected before disposal. Investigators announced his identification in November 2006.^[161][169]

Kenneth Ockenden

1979

• 3 dekabr: Kenneth Ockenden, 23. A Canadian student on a tour of the UK; Ockenden encountered Nilsen in a pub on 3 December 1979. He was escorted on a tour of London, before agreeing to accompany Nilsen to his flat for a meal and further drinks. One of the few murder victims who was widely reported as a bedarak yo'qolgan shaxs, Ockenden was strangled with the cord of Nilsen's headphones as he listened to a record.^[170]

1980

• 17 may: Martyn Duffey, 16. Duffey was a 16-year-old runaway from Birkenhead. On 17 May 1980,^[171] Nilsen encountered the youth at a London railway station as he himself returned from a union conference in Southport. Nilsen strangled Duffey and subsequently drowned him in the kitchen sink^[172] before bathing with the body. Two days later, Duffey's body was placed beneath the floorboards.
• v. 20 avgust: William Sutherland, 26. A 26-year-old father-of-one originally from Edinburg, who occasionally worked as a male prostitute. Sutherland met Nilsen in a pub near Pikadli sirk in August 1980. Nilsen could not recall precisely how he had murdered Sutherland, other than that he had strangled Sutherland as he himself stood or knelt in front of this victim and, in the morning, there was "another dead body".
• Sentyabr: Unidentified. All that Nilsen could remember about his fifth victim was that he was a tall Irish labourer with rough hands, who wore an old suit and jacket, and whose age he estimated to be between 27 and 30 years old. He had met this victim in the Cricklewood Arms in late 1980.^[81] Nilsen later claimed to have fabricated this victim.^[173]
• Oktyabr: Unidentified. Nilsen's sixth victim was described by his murderer as a slender male prostitute, approximately 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) in height, who was aged between 20 and 30, and of either Filippin yoki Meksikalik kelib chiqishi. To Nilsen, this victim had lo'lilar -like features. Nilsen met this victim in the Salisbury Arms in October 1980.^[174]
• Noyabr: Unidentified. This victim was described by Nilsen as being an English vagrant in his 20s, whom he encountered sleeping in a doorway at the top of Charing xoch yo'li. He was emaciated, with a pale complexion and had several missing teeth. Nilsen and the youth took a taxi to Melrose Avenue; that evening, the victim was strangled to death as he slept, with his legs moving in a cycling motion as he was strangled. Nilsen later stated he believed this victim's life had been "one of long suffering",^[173] and that the act of killing this victim had been "as easy as taking candy from a baby".^[175]
• Noyabr-dekabr: Unidentified. The last victim to be killed by Nilsen in 1980 was an English "long-haired hippy", aged between 25 and 30, whom he had met in the West End after the pubs had closed in November or December 1980. This victim's body was retained beneath the floorboards of the flat until Nilsen removed the corpse, cut it into three pieces, then replaced the dissected remains beneath the floorboards. He burned the corpse one year later. Nilsen later claimed to have fabricated this victim.^[176]

1981

• v. 4 yanvar: Unidentified. The ninth victim was described by Nilsen as an "18-year-old, blue-eyed Scot" who wore a green tracksuit top and trainers. Nilsen met this victim in the Golden Lion pub in Soho in early January 1981. Killed after partaking in a drinking contest with Nilsen at Melrose Avenue, the body of this victim was dissected on 12 January.^[78]
• fevral: Unidentified. Murdered sometime in February 1981. Nilsen ushbu qurbon haqida asli Belfastdan bo'lganligi haqida ozgina esladi; bo'yi ingichka, bo'yi 1,75 m balandlikda; va 20 yoshdan oshgan edi. U bu qurbonni Vest-Endning biron bir joyida qovoqxonalar yopilgandan keyin uchratgan. U bo'yinbog 'bilan bo'g'ib o'ldirilgan va keyinchalik uning jasadi pol taxtalari ostiga qo'yilgan.^[78]
• Aprel: Noma'lum. Nilsen 1981 yil aprel oyida Lester maydonidagi oziq-ovqat do'konida o'zining o'n birinchi qurboni, taxminan 20 yoshdagi ingichka mushakli ingliz terisiga duch keldi. U ovqat va spirtli ichimliklar va'dasi bilan Nilsenning uyiga olib ketilgan. Nilsen ushbu qurbonning qora charm ko'ylagi kiyganini va bo'yniga tatuirovka qilganini, shunchaki "shu yerni kesib tashlang" deb o'qiganini esladi va u o'zini qanday qattiq va jang qilishni yoqtirgani bilan maqtaganini aytdi. Nilsen bu qurbonning yalang'och tanasini yotoqxonasida 24 soat davomida osib qo'ydi, jasadni pol taxtalari ostiga qo'ydi. Keyinchalik Nilsen ushbu qurbonni to'qib chiqqani haqida da'vo qildi.^[77]
• 18 sentyabr: Malkolm Barlou, 23. Melrose prospektida o'ldirilgan oxirgi qurbon Barlou umrining ko'p qismini mehribonlik uylarida o'tkazgan epileptik etim edi. U Nilsenning uyiga qaytib kelganidan keyin, uni o'ldirishgan, unga oldingi kunida tibbiy yordam ko'rsatilishini ta'minlaganligi uchun minnatdorchilik bildirgan. Parchalanish oldidan Barlovning jasadi oshxona shkafiga joylashtirilgan edi, chunki Nilsen pol taxtasi ostida boshqa joy yo'q edi.^[177]

Grem Allen

1982

• Mart: John Howlett, 23. Asli kelib chiqishi Yuqori Uikom, Bukingemshir,^[87] Xovlett Nilsenga "Jon qo'riqchi" nomi bilan tanilgan.^[88] U Krenli bog'ida o'ldirilgan birinchi qurbon edi.^[88] Xilett Nilsenning karavotida uxlab yotganida bo'g'ib o'ldirilgan, Nilsen baqirgancha: "Hozir siz borgansiz"^[89] Xovlet o'zini bo'g'ib o'ldirganini sezib uyg'onganida. Oxir-oqibat, Nilsen Xovletni vannada boshini suv ostida besh daqiqa ushlab, cho'ktirdi. Keyinchalik Nilsen Xovletning jasadini parchalab tashladi, go'sht va ichki organlarning ba'zi qismlari tualetga tushdi va turli xil "katta suyaklarni axlat bilan birga tashqariga chiqarib tashladi".^[178]

• Sentyabr: Grem Allen, 27. Allen 27 yoshli otaning otasi edi Motherwell, Shimoliy Lanarkshir, Nilsen Shaftesberi prospektida Allen 1982 yil sentyabr oyida taksiga uchib ketishga uringanida duch kelgan.^[179] Allen Nilsen unga pishirib bergan omletni yeb o'tirganida ligator bilan bo'g'ib o'ldirildi. Uning jasadi stomatologik yozuvlardan aniqlanib, davolandi sinish uning jag 'suyagiga.^[180] Allen tanasidan ajratilgan go'sht va mayda suyak qismlari keyinchalik Krenli bog'laridagi drenajlarni to'sib qo'ydi.

1983

• 26 yanvar: Stiven Sinkler, 20. Nilsenning so'nggi qurboni. Sinkler aslida kelib chiqishi Pert; o'sha paytda u Nilsen bilan uchrashgan, u a geroin odatidan aziyat chekkan giyohvand o'z-o'ziga zarar etkazish.^[94] Nilsen Sinkler bilan uchrashdi Oksford ko'chasi, u erda Sinclairni Krenli bog'iga hamroh bo'lishini taklif qilishdan oldin u birinchi marta yoshlarga gamburger sotib olgan. Sinkler spirtli ichimliklarni iste'mol qilgandan va Nilsenning kvartirasida geroin ukol qilganidan so'ng, Nilsen uni ligament bilan bo'g'ib o'ldirgan. Sinklerning boshi, yuqori tanasi va qo'llari Nilsenning yashash xonasidagi choy sandig'iga tiqilib qolgan; Sinklerning pastki tanasi va oyoqlari Nilsenning vannasi ostiga qo'yilgan edi.^[181]

OAV

Film

• Kunning sovuq nurlari (1989).^[182][183] Rejissyor Fhiona Luiza va Bob Nilsen rolini bosh rolda ijro etgan.^[184] Mukofotlangan UCCA Venticittà mukofoti 1990 yilda Venetsiya kinofestivali.

Televizor

• Qora muzey (1988), tomonidan buyurtma qilingan ITV.^[185][186]
• 20-asrning katta jinoyatlari va sinovlari S02E15 "Mehribon qotil" (1993) BBC.^[187][186]
• Haqiqiy jinoyat ITV1 tomonidan buyurtma qilingan S03E04 "A Mind to Murder" (2003).^[188]
• Serial qotillar: ichidagi yovuzlik "Dennis Nilsen" (2008), buyurtma asosida Discovery Networks Europe.^[189]
• O'ldirish uchun tug'ilganmi? S03E05 "Dennis Nilsen" (2012), buyurtma asosida Ikki Mahsulotlar.^[190]
• Qotillik uchun orqaga hisoblash S01E02 "Dennis Nilsenning birinchi qotili" (2013), buyurtma asosida 5-kanal.^[191]
• Yomonlik bilan uchrashish S01E01 "Thrill Killers" (2016), buyurtma asosida CBS haqiqati.
• Des (2020), bosh rolni ITV tomonidan buyurtma qilingan dramatizatsiya Devid Tennant Nilsen singari.^[192]

Podkast

• "Musvell Hill qotilligi" (2020). 144-holat Casefile True Crime Podcast seriyali.^[193]

Shuningdek qarang

• Nekrofiliya hodisalari
• Butun umrlik tariflari bo'lgan mahbuslar ro'yxati
• Qurbonlar soni bo'yicha ketma-ket qotillar ro'yxati

Izohlar

Adabiyotlar

Izohlar

Bibliografiya

Qo'shimcha o'qish

• Kavtorn, Nayjel; Tibballs, Jeffri (1994). Qotillar. Boxtree. pp.417–423. ISBN  978-0-7522-0850-3.
• D'Averc, Riannon (2018). Suv ostidagi bola: Dennis Nilsen: Serial qotil haqida hikoya. Mustaqil. ISBN  978-1-982-90825-6.
• Leyn, Brayan; Gregg, Uilfred (1992). Serial qotillar entsiklopediyasi. Sarlavha kitoblari. ISBN  978-0-747-23731-0.
• Malekos, Metyu (2012). Psixopatiyaning tug'ilishi; Ketma-ket qotilning psixologiyasi; Dennis Nilsenning hayoti. Lulu. ISBN  978-1-105-62061-4.
• Lisners, Jon (1983). Dahshatlar uyi: Dennis Endryu Nilsenning to'liq hikoyasi. Corgi Press. ISBN  978-0-552-12459-1.
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• Uittington-Egan, Richard; Whittington-Egan, Molly (1992). Qotillik almanaxi. Glazgo: Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd., 131–132 betlar. ISBN  978-1-897784-04-4.
• Uilson, Kolin (1992). Serial qotillar. Malayziya: Marshall Kavendish. 127-157 betlar. ISBN  1-85435-834-0.
• Uilson, Kolin; Uilson, Deymon; Uilson, Rovan (1993). Dunyoga mashhur qotilliklar. London: Parragon. 448-452 betlar. ISBN  978-0-752-50122-2.

Tashqi havolalar

• Sunday Times maqola Nilsenning tarjimai holiga oid, Cho'kayotgan bola tarixi
• Dennis Nilsenning ko'chirmalari nashr etilmagan avtobiografiya
• Nilsenning yozuvlari 2004 yil Qirollik Adliya sudiga murojaat, 2003 yilda chiqarilgan avtobiografiyasini bekor qilishga intilib, uning tarjimai holini unga qaytarib berolmaydi va nashr etilmasligi kerak