Peter Tobin

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Serial killer Peter Tobin dies while serving life sentences in Edinburgh (The Guardian)

Prisoner in his mid-70s had been sentenced for the murders of Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNicol.

He was later arrested for the murder of 15-year-old Vicky Hamilton, who vanished from a bus stop in Redding in 1991. Tobin was given two more life sentences. The killer, who was in his mid-70s, was also serving life terms for the murders of 15-year-old schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton, of Redding, near Falkirk, in 1991, and 18-year-old Dinah McNicol the same year.

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Peter Tobin: The horrific crimes of a serial killer (BBC News)

David Swindle, the officer who led the investigation, is convinced that Tobin, who has now died, killed many more. The murder of Angelika Kluk.

His DNA was found on Angelika's body and at the scene. "I have no doubt he has been killing since he was young." Tobin's DNA was found on a plastic bag containing Vicky's upper torso. They just disappear." Pat McLaughlin was convicted sex offender Peter Tobin, who had been off the radar for almost a year. the man interrupted and said: "Peter Tobin. He had told doctors he was pipe fitter James Kelly. It's not Dinah. "He said: 'No. "I said what are you doing Pete? It covered a vault containing Angelika's body. "The only way we could do that was to look at his life and where he had been over the years and start to build up a timeline."

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Serial killer Peter Tobin unwilling to give up secrets before death ... (North Wales Pioneer)

Tobin, 76, died on Saturday in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh after becoming unwell at HMP Edinburgh where he was serving life sentences for three murders.

The publication said the killer was refusing food and medication. Their bodies were found 17 years later, buried in the garden of his former home in Margate, Kent. “The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.” He added: “This is a coward, who has taken his secrets to the grave.” “We will not be celebrating any passing but instead will be remembering Vicky, Angelika and Dinah along with any other victims, and we respectfully ask for others to do the same.” Police believe he is responsible for the murders of other women because he had at least 40 aliases and 150 cars during his life.

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Serial killer Peter Tobin dies after falling ill in Scottish prison (BreakingNews.ie)

He was serving a life sentence for raping and murdering Polish student Angelika Kluk (23) and hiding her body under the floor of a Glasgow church in 2006. The ...

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Notorious serial killer Peter Tobin dies aged 76 after falling ill behind ... (Irish Mirror)

The notorious Scottish serial killer takes with him to the grave a litany of dark secrets including the names and whereabouts of other victims he is thought ...

Vicky had disappeared from a bus stop in 1991. The case opened the floodgates on his dark past and in 2008 he was hauled back to court for the murder of 15-year-old Bathgate school girl Vicky Hamilton. Tobin used many aliases to cover his tracks and had been working as a ‘handyman’ at St Patrick’s Church in Glasgow’s Anderston under the fake name Pat McLaughlin when he killed the student the year before. He came to notoriety in 2007 when he was convicted of beating, raping and stabbing 23-year-old Polish student Angelika Kluk, to death, He takes with him to the grave a litany of dark secrets including the names and whereabouts of other victims he is thought to have killed, as his criminal record spanned burglary, forgery and rape. The Scottish man was jailed for life after being convicted of the murders of Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNicol.

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Who was Peter Tobin?... (The Irish Sun)

PETER TOBIN was known to be one of Britain's most notorious killers who would never be released from prison.Also thought to be Bible John, here is wha.

Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? We pay for your stories! Was Peter Tobin Bible John? Who was Peter Tobin? Peter Tobin died in prison where he was serving three life sentences. [Peter Tobin](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/7975176/peter-tobin-edinburgh-jail-cell-lockdown-covid-outbreak/) was a Glasgow-based serial killer who served life without parole after being convicted of the brutal murders of three innocent women.

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Full extent of Peter Tobin's violence may never be known (Redditch Advertiser)

Serving life for the murders of Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNicol, he was certain to die behind bars but detectives never completely shut the door ...

He had abducted Vicky in Bathgate, West Lothian, on the evening of February 10 1991, while she waited for a bus. She too had been drugged and strangled. Tobin received a life sentence with a minimum term of 30 years for Ms Hamilton’s killing after a trial at the High Court in Dundee at the end of 2008. He was jailed for at least 21 years in May 2007 following his first murder trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. He went on the run but was found after hiding in a Christian drop-in centre in Coventry under a false name. Born in August 1946 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Tobin’s life of crime began after he was sent to a reform school at the age of seven.

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