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The Pembrokeshire Murders
''The Pembrokeshire Murders'' is a Welsh three-part television drama miniseries based on the Pembrokeshire murders by Welsh serial killer John Cooper. In 2006, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins decided to reopen two unsolved 1980s murder cases linked with a string of burglaries. New advances in technology for forensic DNA analysis, witness reports and artists impressions of the suspect led to Dyfed-Powys Police reviewing a 1989 episode of '' Bullseye'', which led to the serial killer finally being caught. It premiered on ITV on 11 January 2021. The drama is the thirteenth in a series of ITV mini-series featuring notorious British murder cases of the past two centuries, following on from '' This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper'' (2000), '' Shipman'' (2002), ''A Is for Acid'' (2002), ''The Brides in the Bath'' (2003), '' See No Evil: The Moors Murders'' (2006), ''Appropriate Adult'' (2011), '' Dark Angel'', ''In Plain Sight'' (both 2016), ''Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cooper (serial Killer)
John William Cooper (born 3 September 1944) is a Welsh serial killer. On 26 May 2011, he was given a whole life order for the 1985 double murder of siblings Richard and Helen Thomas, and the 1989 double murder of Peter and Gwenda Dixon. The murders were known in the media as the "Pembrokeshire Murders" or the "Coastal Murders". Cooper was also sentenced for the rape of a 16-year-old girl and a sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl, both carried out while a group of five teenagers were held at gunpoint in March 1996, in a wooded area behind the Mount Estate in Cooper's hometown of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Cooper had a history of criminal activities, including thirty robberies and violent assaults. Footage from the television game show '' Bullseye'' in May 1989, in which he appeared as a contestant, was later used as evidence against him, comparing his image with a sketch of a suspect in the Dixons' murder. Cooper was sentenced to 14 years in 1998 for robbery and burglary. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |