Yorkshire's Multiple Killers: Yorkshire Cases c. 1915–2006

by Charles Rickall

Shocking accounts of those convicted of murder or manslaughter who have repeated their crimes—both in and out of prison—in northern England.   Convicted killers seldom kill again—or do they? Recent research has shown that since 1965 about 120 persons convicted of murder or manslaughter in England and Wales have killed again. In a longer-term context, true crime writer Charles Rickell has uncovered 24 cases with Yorkshire associations, from the Great War to 2005/06.   Two sensational examples relate to convicted individuals who even killed for a third William Burkitt in Hull (1915, 1924 and 1939) and Anthony O’Rourke in Pickering (1949 & 1951) and Slough (1962). Convicted killers also killed again while in Peter Dunford (Wakefield, 1964); Douglas Wakefield (Parkhurst, 1981); John Paton (Wakefield, 1976 and Parkhurst, 1981) and Robert Mawdsley (Broadmoor, 1977 and Wakefield, 1978). The sensational Magee case is also included. This convicted IRA killer (now released again) fatally shot a special constable at Tadcaster in 1992.  “Oddly addictive . . . Rickell has uncovered twenty-four cases of multiple killers with Yorkshire connections, and here he gives a brief account of the life and crimes of each.” —The York Press

Genres: True Crime

236 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 18, 2007

Reviews

[Anorhi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Manages to make a mildly interesting subject rather dull.

Overuse of "he" and "she" makes some sections confusing or ambiguous. "\Whilst an inmate of Parkhurst, on the Isle of white, he killed his cell-mate, another murderer, Brian Peake, saying he thought he was his uncle." is one of many, many examples.

[michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good


Not bad history of murder in Yorkshire. Just shows what. terrible lives some people lead. Some should never be released.