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When Dennis Nielsen moved out of his flat at 195 Mellrose Avenue in Cricklewood, he had

already taken the lives of 12 victims. By Monday, November 23, 1981, he had been living

in his new flat at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill for seven weeks, and was eager to put

the pass behind him and start a fresh. It was his 36th birthday, and to celebrate, he

took the day off work and headed out to the pub. As his new home was only five miles from

his old address, he continued to frequent many of his usual drinking haunts. At 130pm,

Nielsen was drinking in the Golden Lion pub on Dean Street in Soho when he struck up a

conversation with Paul Nobs, a 19-year-old undergrad who was studying Slavonic and Eastern European

studies at the University of London. Paul was supposed to be attending a lecture, but

had decided to take the afternoon off to buy some books. Nielsen was impressed by Paul's

intelligence and the two chatted for an hour until Paul announced that he needed to go

to the bookstore. Nielsen accompanied him there and invited Paul back to his flat for dinner

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