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'''David Fuller''' (born 4 September 1954) is a convicted British [[Murder in English law|murderer]] and [[necrophile]].<ref name=C>{{cite news |url=https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/updated-sentence-david-fuller-hospital-electrician-convicted-cold-case-double-murder-and |access-date=15 December 2021 |title=Hospital electrician convicted of cold-case double murder and 51 sexual offences |publisher=[[Crown Prosecution Service]] |date=15 December 2021}}</ref>
'''David Fuller''' (born 4 September 1954) is a convicted British [[Murder in English law|murderer]] and [[necrophile]].<ref name=C>{{cite news |url=https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/updated-sentence-david-fuller-hospital-electrician-convicted-cold-case-double-murder-and |access-date=15 December 2021 |title=Hospital electrician convicted of cold-case double murder and 51 sexual offences |publisher=[[Crown Prosecution Service]] |date=15 December 2021}}</ref>


In 2021, he was convicted of the murders of Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, whom he strangled and [[sexually assault]]ed after breaking into their homes, months apart in 1987, in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]], Kent, in what became known as the Bedsit murders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58250043|access-date=25 January 2022|title=The double murderer who sexually abused the dead for decades|publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=4 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="C" /> The killer's DNA had been known since a cold case review in 2007, and analysis of the samples in the two cases would later prove that the murders were committed by the same unidentified perpetrator.<ref>{{cite news |title=DNA profile for cold case killer |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/6954760.stm |access-date=8 July 2022 |work=BBC News |date=20 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="CaughtwithDNA">{{cite news |title=David Fuller trial: Advances in DNA analysis caught women's killer |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-59166506 |access-date=8 July 2022 |work=BBC News |date=4 November 2021}}</ref> Fuller was eventually identified as the perpetrator in 2020 when a match was made between his DNA and the samples from the case.<ref name="CaughtwithDNA" /> When finally apprehended Fuller also received 12 years for mortuary offences, having recorded himself abusing the bodies of more than 100 female corpses, over the course of his employment as an electrician at the [[Kent and Sussex Hospital]], also in Tunbridge Wells, and the [[Tunbridge Wells Hospital]] in nearby [[Pembury]] which replaced it.<ref name="C" />
In 2021, he was convicted of the murders of Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, whom he strangled and [[sexually assault]]ed after breaking into their homes, months apart in 1987, in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]], Kent, in what became known as the Bedsit murders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58250043|access-date=25 January 2022|title=The double murderer who sexually abused the dead for decades|publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=4 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="C" /> The killer's DNA had been known since a cold case review in 2007, and analysis of the samples in the two cases would later prove that the murders were committed by the same unidentified perpetrator.<ref>{{cite news |title=DNA profile for cold case killer |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/6954760.stm |access-date=8 July 2022 |work=BBC News |date=20 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="CaughtwithDNA">{{cite news |title=David Fuller trial: Advances in DNA analysis caught women's killer |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-59166506 |access-date=8 July 2022 |work=BBC News |date=4 November 2021}}</ref> Fuller was eventually identified as the perpetrator in 2020 when a match was made between his DNA and the samples from the case.<ref name="CaughtwithDNA" /> When finally apprehended Fuller also received 12 years for mortuary offences, having recorded himself abusing the bodies of more than 100 female corpses, over the course of his employment as an electrician at the [[Kent and Sussex Hospital]], also in Tunbridge Wells, and the [[Tunbridge Wells Hospital]] in nearby [[Pembury]] which replaced it.<ref name="C" />


He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a [[Life imprisonment in England and Wales#Whole life order|whole life order]] on 15 December 2021, meaning that he will serve his life sentence without the possibility of parole.<ref name="C" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-59601656|access-date=15 December 2021|title=Killer who abused mortuary bodies will die in jail |publisher=bbc.co.uk |date=15 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-59176555 |title=David Fuller: MPs call for public inquiry into mortuary abuse |date=5 November 2021 |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref>
He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a [[Life imprisonment in England and Wales#Whole life order|whole life order]] on 15 December 2021, meaning that he will serve his life sentence without the possibility of parole.<ref name="C" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-59601656|access-date=15 December 2021|title=Killer who abused mortuary bodies will die in jail |publisher=bbc.co.uk |date=15 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-59176555 |title=David Fuller: MPs call for public inquiry into mortuary abuse |date=5 November 2021 |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref>

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David Fuller
Born (1954-09-04) September 4, 1954 (age 70)
England
OccupationHospital electrician (supervisor)

David Fuller (born 4 September 1954) is a convicted British murderer and necrophile.[1]

In 2021, he was convicted of the murders of Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, whom he strangled and sexually assaulted after breaking into their homes, months apart in 1987, in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in what became known as the Bedsit murders.[2][1] The killer's DNA had been known since a cold case review in 2007, and analysis of the samples in the two cases would later prove that the murders were committed by the same unidentified perpetrator.[3][4] Fuller was eventually identified as the perpetrator in 2020 when a match was made between his DNA and the samples from the case.[4] When finally apprehended Fuller also received 12 years for mortuary offences, having recorded himself abusing the bodies of more than 100 female corpses, over the course of his employment as an electrician at the Kent and Sussex Hospital, also in Tunbridge Wells, and the Tunbridge Wells Hospital in nearby Pembury which replaced it.[1]

He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order on 15 December 2021, meaning that he will serve his life sentence without the possibility of parole.[1][5][6]

See also

Other UK cold cases where the offender's DNA is known:

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Hospital electrician convicted of cold-case double murder and 51 sexual offences". Crown Prosecution Service. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. ^ "The double murderer who sexually abused the dead for decades". BBC News. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ "DNA profile for cold case killer". BBC News. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b "David Fuller trial: Advances in DNA analysis caught women's killer". BBC News. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Killer who abused mortuary bodies will die in jail". bbc.co.uk. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  6. ^ "David Fuller: MPs call for public inquiry into mortuary abuse". www.bbc.co.uk. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.


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