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    The sadistic psychopath remained terminally bewildered, telling detectives that ‘the only judge in the world is God’ and
    ‘I heil Hitler. Hitler was a Catholic and so am I.’
    At Sheffield Crown Court he was found guilty of multiple murder and sentenced to several terms of life imprisonment with the proviso that he serve at least 25 years. After his trial he said, ‘I want to write a book about my life and how I’ve been tret.’ His mental health continued to decline and he was transferred to a mental hospital from which he’s unlikely to be released.
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    CHAPTER FIVE
    COLIN JOHN IRELAND
    This killer is notable in that he killed five gay men in 1993 but isn’t homosexual. He also said that his motive wasn’t sadistic pleasure but the need for publicity.
    Endless upheaval
    Colin was born on 16 March 1954 to 17-year-old shop assistant Patricia Ireland. His father ended the relationship during the pregnancy so Colin was initially reared by Patricia, her brother and her parents who all lived in the same house in Dartford, Kent.
    But by the time Colin was five his mother understandably wanted her independence from the family, so she and Colin moved to a flat in Gravesend. Unfortunately, supporting them both from a part-time shop job proved impossible, and within a year she’d returned home. A year later she moved out again, this time taking six-year-old Colin to Sidcup. Again, the move was a disaster and, evicted, they moved into a homeless shelter which Colin would later describe as ‘cell-like’ and miserable.
    After three months she admitted defeat and took Colin back to her family’s council house.
    By the following year, she’d found herself a husband and the trio set up home in Dartford. But they still struggled to pay the rent so moved often to evade their mounting debt.
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    School bullying
    As a result of the frequent house moves, Colin attended six primary schools in the next five years. He was always the new boy who was picked upon for being shy, very thin and useless at sport. His parents couldn’t afford to keep replacing his school uniform so it was sometimes too short for him, yet another reason for the other children to mock. Colin began to arrive late to avoid the worst of the teasing and was frequently caned for this. Around this time, he began to have increasingly sadistic fantasies.
    His sense of being an outsider was amplified when, due to serious financial arrears, he and his mother had to return to the homeless shelter for several months. (The shelter was for women and children so he was separated from his stepfather.) He also felt different because his mother had raised him as a Mormon and none of his acquaintances shared his faith. His religion forbade the drinking of tea and coffee and was against homosexuality.
    Further trauma
    Colin’s stepfather eventually left the marriage – which had been dysfunctional for some time – and was replaced by another.
    Some true crime writers have reported that he was frequently beaten by this second stepfather whilst others say that the man was kind. The boy definitely became increasingly disturbed and the NSPCC became involved, giving him Christmas gifts.
    He also later told a journalist that he was put into care when he was ten as his mother had given birth to his brother and couldn’t afford to feed two children, but that when her finances improved she took him back.
    What’s certain is that after years of a lack of security the youth simply stopped trusting adults. He was particularly angry when his mother remarried, and chose to revert to his 51
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    mother’s maiden name of Ireland rather than take his second stepfather’s name.
    Paedophile advances
    As a lonely and confused boy,