biography
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Neilson, Donald
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originally Donald Nappey
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| lived:
| (1936– )
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| biography:
| Convicted murderer and kidnapper, born near Bradford, West Yorkshire, N England, UK. He was convicted of four murders, three of which occurred in 1974 when the victims interrupted him as he was robbing their houses. Because of the black hood he wore as a disguise, he became known as ‘the Black Panther’. Three murders were followed by a kidnapping. Seventeen-year-old Lesley Whittle was taken from her home in January 1974, and a ransom demand of £50 000 was accompanied by a death-threat. Lesley's body was found at the bottom of a ventilation shaft two months later. Neilson evaded the police until late 1975, when a security guard he had shot and wounded was able to provide a description. He received life-sentences for the murders and 21 years for kidnapping. |
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