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| Tobin was told last December he would die in jail | Tobin was told last December he would die in jail |
| Police investigating the crimes of serial killer Peter Tobin have begun a search of two of his former homes in Brighton. | Police investigating the crimes of serial killer Peter Tobin have begun a search of two of his former homes in Brighton. |
| Tobin is serving three life sentences for murdering Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNicol. | Tobin is serving three life sentences for murdering Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNicol. |
| Police are searching the back gardens of properties in Station Road, Portslade, and Marine Parade, Brighton. | |
| Detectives said they would not divulge the nature of the information which has led to the search of properties. | Detectives said they would not divulge the nature of the information which has led to the search of properties. |
| The search is part of a nationwide investigation, dubbed Anagram, to see if Tobin is responsible for any more murders. | The search is part of a nationwide investigation, dubbed Anagram, to see if Tobin is responsible for any more murders. |
| Officers said they were using ground-penetrating radar equipment to discover if any bodies or other evidence was buried at the homes. | |
| Substantial excavation | Substantial excavation |
| The search is being carried out by members of the Home Office's scientific support branch and officers from the Metropolitan Police. | The search is being carried out by members of the Home Office's scientific support branch and officers from the Metropolitan Police. |
| They are being supported by experts from Sussex Police and archaeologists from University College London. | They are being supported by experts from Sussex Police and archaeologists from University College London. |
| A Sussex Police spokesman said a substantial excavation would only take place if further evidence emerged that something could be buried in the gardens. | |
| She said: "We are not prepared to divulge the nature of the information which has led to the gardens of these properties being searched and it would be inappropriate and insensitive to be drawn into speculation about missing individuals." | She said: "We are not prepared to divulge the nature of the information which has led to the gardens of these properties being searched and it would be inappropriate and insensitive to be drawn into speculation about missing individuals." |
| The garden being searched in Station Road is behind two hair salons. | |
| It is believed that Tobin ran a cafe in the shop, which is now Essential Hair And Beauty, and lived in the flat upstairs. | |
| Sharron Barlow, who runs the Scizzor Sisters barber's shop next door, said she was aware of Tobin's links to the property. | |
| She said: "We've all read the story. I expected this a couple of years ago, but today was a bit of a surprise." | |
| Tobin, 63, was told last December he would die in jail after he was convicted of strangling 18-year-old Miss McNicol. | |
| Vicky Hamilton disappeared close to Tobin's Edinburgh home in 1991 | |
| The former church handyman was already serving life terms for the murders of Miss Hamilton, 15, and Miss Kluk, 23. | |
| Miss McNicol vanished in August 1991 while hitchhiking to her home in Tillingham, Essex, after leaving a music festival in Liphook, Hampshire. | |
| Six months earlier, Vicky Hamilton disappeared while waiting for a bus close to Tobin's then home in Bathgate, near Edinburgh. | |
| In 2007 Tobin was convicted of killing Miss Kluk, a Polish student staying at a room in a Glasgow church, the previous year. | |
| Detectives discovered the remains of Miss Hamilton and Miss McNicol buried in the garden of a house in Margate, Kent, where Tobin moved to in March 1991. |