Colin Ireland [SEP] date of death
Colin Ireland
Colin Ireland (16 March 1954 – 21 February 2012) was a British serial killer known as the Gay Slayer because his victims were homosexual. Criminologist David Wilson believes that Ireland was a psychopath.
Ireland suffered a severely dysfunctional upbringing. He committed various crimes from the age of 16 and had served time in borstals and prisons. While living in Southend, he started frequenting the Coleherne pub, a gay pub in Earl's Court. Ireland sought men who liked the passive role and sadomasochism, so he
his death was ascribed to pulmonary fibrosis and a fractured hip he had suffered earlier in the month as preliminary causes of death.
Television.
- In 2017, Colin Ireland's crimes were covered in an episode of the CBS Reality series 'Voice of a Serial Killer'.
External links.
- Colin Ireland
- Colin Ireland in Crime&Investigation Network