LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Background to serial killer Dennis Nilsen

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

5 Nov 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:07:32

Description

Background report on serial killer Dennis Nilsen following his life sentence for murdering 16 young men and dismembering and disposing of their bodies at flats in Melrose Avenue and Cranley Gardens, North London. Includes interviews with plumber Mike Caton; Detective Chief Superintendent Geoffrey Chambers; two men including Trevor Simpson who stayed at Nilsen’s flat; mother Betty and other locals in the village of Strichen where Nilsen was brought up; William Sutherland, father of a victim. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

William Sutherland; Mike Caton; Geoffrey Chambers; Trevor Simpson; Betty Nilsen

Keywords

London; Homicide; Murderers; Murder trials; Imprisonment; Trials; Sentencing; Dennis Nilsen; Strichen

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