{"id":14132,"date":"2019-03-11T07:43:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T11:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=14132"},"modified":"2019-03-11T07:43:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T11:43:17","slug":"worlds-end-serial-killer-angus-sinclair-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2019\/03\/11\/worlds-end-serial-killer-angus-sinclair-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s End serial killer Angus Sinclair dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angus Sinclair, one of Scotland’s most notorious killers, has died at the age of 74.<\/p>\n

He was convicted of four killings, including the World’s End murders, but was thought to have killed at least four more.<\/p>\n

Sinclair had been in prison since 1982 after being convicted of a series of rapes and indecent attacks on children.<\/p>\n

The Scottish Prison Service confirmed he died overnight at HMP Glenochil in Alloa, Clackmannanshire.<\/p>\n

Five years ago he was convicted of the murders of Helen Scott and Christine Eadie, who were last seen at the World’s End pub on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile in 1977.<\/p>\n

He was sentenced to a minimum of 37 years in prison for the murders of the two teenagers – the longest handed out by a Scottish court.<\/p>\n

Detectives told the BBC at the time they believed he had murdered four more women during a seven-month spree but they did not have enough evidence to charge him.<\/p>\n

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Christine Eadie and her friend Helen Scott were killed in October 1977<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Christine and Helen were last seen in the World’s End pub on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Sinclair grew up in the St George’s Cross area of Glasgow.<\/p>\n

His obsession with sex was evident from an early age and he killed his first victim in 1961, when he was just 16 years old.<\/p>\n

The teenage Sinclair had lured his seven-year old neighbour Catherine Reehill before raping and strangling her.<\/p>\n

The calculated manner in which he disposed of the body and tried to cover his tracks shocked police.<\/p>\n

He even called the ambulance himself, telling the operator, that “a wee girl has fallen down the stairs”.<\/p>\n

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The BBC uncovered a psychiatrist’s report from the time which said: “I do not think that any form of psychotherapy is likely to benefit his condition and he will constitute a danger from now onwards.<\/p>\n

“He is obsessed by sex, and given the minimum of opportunity, he will repeat these offences.”<\/p>\n

Despite the dire warning, Sinclair served just six years.<\/p>\n

He was released in his early 20s, took up a trade, got married and had a son.<\/p>\n

However, in 1977 there was a spate of murders across central Scotland.<\/p>\n

Six young women disappeared after nights out, and were found dumped on deserted farmland or waste ground.<\/p>\n

The women Sinclair murdered<\/h2>\n