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| Killer Harry Street dies in suspected heart attack | Killer Harry Street dies in suspected heart attack |
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| A man who killed five people in a shooting spree in West Bromwich has died at a high-security psychiatric hospital, the BBC understands. | A man who killed five people in a shooting spree in West Bromwich has died at a high-security psychiatric hospital, the BBC understands. |
| Harry Street was detained indefinitely in October after guns and explosives were found at his Birmingham home. | Harry Street was detained indefinitely in October after guns and explosives were found at his Birmingham home. |
| In 1978, then known as Barry Williams, he killed three people on the Bustleholm estate and the owners of a petrol station. | |
| The 70-year-old died after a suspected heart attack at Ashworth Hospital. | |
| A spokesperson for Mersey Care NHS Trust said a patient was admitted to the general hospital after becoming unwell but died at 09:49 GMT on Christmas Eve. | A spokesperson for Mersey Care NHS Trust said a patient was admitted to the general hospital after becoming unwell but died at 09:49 GMT on Christmas Eve. |
| Two months ago Street admitted making an improvised explosive device as well as 50 homemade bullets. | Two months ago Street admitted making an improvised explosive device as well as 50 homemade bullets. |
| 'Obsessed with neighbours' | |
| Three handguns were also found at his home in the Hall Green area. | Three handguns were also found at his home in the Hall Green area. |
| A serious case review is ongoing after police said they were initially unaware of Street's previous name or past convictions. | A serious case review is ongoing after police said they were initially unaware of Street's previous name or past convictions. |
| Sentencing Street, the judge at Birmingham Crown Court said he had "become obsessed" with his neighbours and harboured delusions they were harassing him. | |
| Mr Justice Blair also drew comparisons with the 70-year-old's past, that saw him kill three neighbours in West Bromwich 36 years earlier. | |
| He said Street had shown "similar behaviour to that which had preceded the terrible events of 26 October 1978". | |
| Among other charges, Street also admitted one count of putting a neighbour in fear of violence between 2009 and 2013. | |
| Street had been released in 1994 after serving 15 years at Broadmoor hospital for the 1978 shootings. | |
| The spree started with him killing his neighbour George Burkitt and Mr Burkitt's son, Phillip, who were fixing a car on their driveway in Andrew Road. | |
| Iris Burkitt became his next victim, before Street shot her daughter Gillian, who survived. | |
| Neighbours Judith and Joe Chambers also survived, despite being shot multiple times. | |
| Street then fled the scene in his Ford Capri, indiscriminately shooting as he left the estate. | |
| Heading towards the East Midlands, he stopped at a petrol station in Nuneaton, where he shot dead the owners Lisa Di Maria and her husband Michel. | |
| He was eventually cornered in Buxton, where police rammed his car before arresting him. | |
| Almost 40 years on, Gillian Burkitt, now Gillian Dudley, was in the public gallery to hear sentence passed. | |
| She celebrated with other victims as Street was told he may never be released. |