Dennis Nilsen
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Dennis Andrew Nilsen was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Convicted at the Old Bailey of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder, Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment on 4 November 1983, with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 25 years; this recommendation was later changed to a whole life tariff in December 1994. In his later years, Nilsen was imprisoned at HM Prison Full Sutton in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1945
- Active to
- 2018
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dennis
- Family name
- Nilsen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Fraserburgh
- Place of death
- Full Sutton
- Occupation
- trade unionist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- British Army
- Convicted of
- murder
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- date of birth
- 1945-11-23
- penalty
- life imprisonment
- medical condition
- borderline personality disorder
- date of death
- 2018-05-12
- birth name
- Dennis Andrew Nilsen
- nickname
- the Kindly Killer
- number of victims of killer
- 15
- end of work period
- 1983-00-00
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
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