| Peter Moore | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Peter Howard Moore |
| Also known as | The Man In Black |
| Born | 1940 |
| Killings | |
| Number of victims: | 4 |
| Span of killings | September 1995–December 1995 |
| Country | Wales |
Peter Moore (born 1940)[1] is a Welsh serial killer who owned and managed a number of cinemas in Bagillt, North Wales.[2] He murdered four men in 1995. Due to his attire he was dubbed the "man in black".[3]
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Between September and December 1995, he stabbed to death and mutilated four men "for fun". He was sentenced to life imprisonment in November 1996.[2]
During his trial, Moore told the jury the crimes were committed by a homosexual lover he nicknamed "Jason" after the killer in the Friday the 13th horror films. The jury found him guilty on all counts.[4]
During his time in Wakefield Prison Moore befriended Harold Shipman, the serial killer and former GP who hanged himself in January 2004.[5] In June 2008, Moore was told by the High Court that he would spend the rest of his life in prison.[2]However, on 3 March 2011 it was reported that Moore will be challenging the ruling in the European Court of Human Rights, with a view to having his sentence quashed and such sentences outlawed throughout Europe.[6]
On 13 October 2011 it was falsely reported that Moore had died at Broadmoor hospital on 30 July.[3]