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| Dennis Nilsen: Serial killer dies in prison aged 72 | Dennis Nilsen: Serial killer dies in prison aged 72 |
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| Serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who admitted killing at least 15 people in the 1970s and 1980s, has died in prison. | Serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who admitted killing at least 15 people in the 1970s and 1980s, has died in prison. |
| Nilsen, 72, was jailed in 1983 with a recommendation he serve at least 25 years. | Nilsen, 72, was jailed in 1983 with a recommendation he serve at least 25 years. |
| The former civil servant murdered and dismembered several of his victims, most of them homeless young gay men, at his home in Muswell Hill, north London. | |
| He was convicted of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder. | He was convicted of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder. |
| The Prison Service said Nilsen died at HMP Full Sutton near York. | |
| A spokesman added: "As with all deaths in custody, there will be an independent investigation by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman." | |
| Nilsen lured his victims to his flat and then on many occasions would sit with their bodies for days before he dismembered them. | |
| His crimes were only discovered after nearby drains became blocked by the remains he had attempted to flush away. |