GUILTY Violent Crimes in Ireland

Softcover. Serial killers and sociopaths, barbarous acts and sadistic crimes - the subject matter for this book - reads like a work of Hollywood fiction. Instead it is a book that chronicles some of the most notorious and violent murders in Ireland's 'recent' history. The brutally and random nature of a number of the killings sends a chill down the spine. In all but one of the cases the victims were women and often they were simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. The victims of serial killers Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw were strangers, yet the sexual crimes that they suffered at the hands of these men shocked a nation. The random murders committed by Malcolm MacArthur, which caused a sensation, are for the first time comprehensively documented. MacArthur's handwritten notes, showing how he may have planned to kill again, are also reproduced. The murder case of 10yr old Bernadette Connolly in 1970 has never been solved, but new evidence in recent times has thrown up new suspects and opened old wounds in the close-knit community of Collooney. With access to police files and a special relationship with the Gardai built up over years as Security Correspondent with the 'Evening Herald', the author has been able to piece together the events leading up to the crimes, the crimes themselves and the work of the Gardaí from first discovery to final arrests and convictions. The court cases failed to provide the full picture and these well-researched chapters form an invaluable reference tool. Illus. + Appendix. 250pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F.with no creasing to covers.