An inmate who brutally murdered 11 people in the UK could soon free

News24xx.com - A forgotten serial killer who slayed a priest with an axe may soon be freely. Patrick Mackay is one of the UK's longest-serving inmates who confessed murdering up to eleven people, including a four-year-old boy.

In 1975, Mackay made following a spree of gruesome murders across London and Kent.

Mackay had also been suspected of murdering a popular café owner from Essex named Ivy Davis. 

Davis' body was found at her Westcliff home with multiple wounds to her head, as well as a ligature around her neck on 4 February 1975.

In 2006 Essex Police questioned 68-year-old Basildon man who was arrested as part of a cold case review. She was last seen leaving the cafe on the evening of 3 February, 1975 and was discovered by her daughter the following day.

Mackay was born in 1952 and was raised in an abusive household and regularly beaten by his alcoholic father. Medical professions saw that he had psychopathic tendencies and he was sectioned in 1968. 

The first victim was 73-year-old widow Mary Hynes. She was choked and stabbed at her home in Willes Road, Kentish Town. Second was 62-year-old shopkeeper Frank Goodman. He was battered with a piece of metal pipe at his premises in Rock Street, Finsbury Park.

The next Mackay's victim was 87-year-old widow Isabella Griffiths, who was strangled and stabbed at her home in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. Then, Adele Price, 89, strangled at her home in Lowndes Square, Kensington.

Next, Mackay killed Father Anthony Crean in a frenzied attack using his fists, a knife and an axe in the village of Shorne, Kent on 21 March 1975. 

Two days later Mackay was arrested.

But, there were five unsolved murders, which Mackay allegedly confessed to while in jail. 

The victims in those cases were 18-year-old Heidi Mnilk, Stephanie Britton, Christopher Martin, Sarah Rodmell and Ivy Davies.

Mackay also admitted to killing an unidentified homeless man by pushing him into a canal. The body was never found.

Despite his alarming crimes and the sordid accusations surrounding Mackay, Lucas is concerned that the serial killer may soon be released from prison without the general public's knowledge.

 

 

 

 

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