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Are killed 11 people? Patrick Mackay confessed, with three for certain.

But of the eight killings he confessed to, was suspected of, and later retracted his confession for.

The first, Hyder & Ilk, was well documented, but he got key details wrong wrong and there was no proof he was even there.

Second, Mary Hines was typical of his robberies and the killings of lone old ladies

attacked in their own homes, and although charged with her murder, he had to be coerced by

detectives to get even the basic facts right, and it was left on file.

Third and fourth, Stephanie Britton and Christopher Martin had all the hallmarks of a Mackay

robbery gone wrong, but again there was no evidence he was there, and he flatly denied

killing both. Fifth, an unnamed homeless man, he supposedly threw off hunger for the bridge

and drowned in the River Thames, but nobody was ever found. Whereas sixth, Isabella Griffiths,

his first confirmed kill, was a crime scene so awash with hard evidence and his testimony

so undeniable that only he could have been

a killer.

And then there was Leslie Goodman, the seventh killing in his confession of 11.

Like Mary Hines, as only two of the additional eight confessed or suspected killings strong enough

to be charged with, the proof were so strong, the director of public prosecutions brought

it to the old Bailey, the highest court in the land.

But not wanting to sully a faultless prosecution, with evidence so overwhelming that Mackay's

defence didn't even dispute the killing

of Adele Price, Isabella Griffiths and Father Anthony Crean, so it too was left on file.

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