Steven Grieveson

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Steven Grieveson
Birth name:	Steven Grieveson
Alias(es):	The Sunderland Strangler
Penalty:	Life Imprisonment
Killings
Number of victims:	3
Span of killings:	1993 through 1994
Country:	England
Date apprehended:	11th March 1994

Steven Grieveson is an English serial killer who was convicted on 28 February 1996 of the murders of three teenage boys in the city of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear from 1993 to 1994.^[1] It was ascertained at his trial that Grieveson murdered the boys in order to conceal his homosexuality.^[2] He was subsequently ordered to serve at least 35 years for the three murders.

[edit] Murders and trial

On November 26, 1993 Grieveson murdered 18-year-old Thomas Kelly in an abandoned allotment shed in Fulwell, Sunderland. On 4 February 1994 he murdered 15-year-old David Hanson in Roker Terrace, before finally murdering 15-year-old David Grieff on February 25, 1994 near Fulwell in Sunderland.^[3] Following an extensive investigation, Grieveson was arrested for the murders on 11 March 1994 and faced a six-week trial in 1996 where he was handed three life sentences for murder. He was ordered to serve a minimum of 35 years in prison.

[edit] Other possible murders

In November 2000, Steven Grieveson, serving his three life sentences at Full Sutton Prison, was arrested and questioned over the murder of 14-year-old Simon Martin, who was murdered in Gilside House, Roker, in 1990. ^[4]

In June 2004, Grieveson wrote a letter to the Victim Liaison Services admitting murdering his three victims, but did not admit to the murder of Simon Martin and was not charged with the murder.^[5]

As of 2008, he continues to serve his sentences in prison.

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