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| Worcester child killer David McGreavy anonymity waived | Worcester child killer David McGreavy anonymity waived |
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| The High Court has overturned an order granting anonymity to a man who killed three children he was babysitting and impaled them on garden railings. | |
| David McGreavy, 62, was jailed for life in 1973 for the murders of four-year-old Paul Ralph and his sisters Dawn, two, and nine-month-old Samantha. | |
| He killed the children at a house at Gillam Street in Worcester and impaled them on railings in the garden. | |
| McGreavy had applied for anonymity over fears his own life was in danger. | |
| 'Exceptionally horrific' | |
| Justice Secretary Chris Grayling and media organisations argued the application was legally flawed and wrongly prevented the public from knowing the full facts of the case. | |
| Their counsel, Guy Vassall-Adams, told the court: "The full facts are exceptionally horrific by even the standard of murders. | |
| "The order restricted the media to saying they were 'three sadistic murders' but that doesn't even give you the half of it." | |
| Lord Justice Pitchford, sitting in London with Mr Justice Simon, ruled the anonymity order must be discharged. | |
| 'Monster of Worcester' | |
| The youngsters were all killed in different ways. | |
| Paul had been strangled, Dawn was found with her throat cut, and Samantha died from a compound fracture to the skull. | |
| They were the children of Dorothy Urry, who now lives in Andover, Hampshire. | |
| McGreavy was lodging with the family in April 1973 when he carried out the killings, which earned him the nickname the "Monster of Worcester". |