Strangler of 12 young men at two London addresses had been behind bars for past 35 yearsSerial killer Dennis Nilsen has died in prison, the Ministry of Justice has said. The 72-year-old is understood to have died of natural causes at HMP Full Sutton maximum security prison in Yorkshire. Nilsen is believed to have killed at least 15 young men, most of them homeless homosexuals, during a murderous spree between 1978 and 1983. The former civil servant killed and dismembered many of his victims at two addresses in Muswell Hill, north London. A spokesman for the prison service said: “Dennis Andrew Nilsen, date of birth 23 November 1945, died in custody at HMP Full Sutton on Saturday, 12 May 2018.

Source: The Guardian May 12, 2018 20:55 UTC