Sadistic Killers: Profiles of Pathological Predators by Carol Anne Davis
Book: Sadistic Killers: Profiles of Pathological Predators by Carol Anne Davis
Read Free Book Online
Authors: Carol Anne Davis
Tags: General, True Crime
Ads: Link
and disposed of his grisly parcel in the sea off Troon.
Body parts discovered
Shortly afterwards, police divers on a training course at Loch Lomond found one of Barry’s hands and part of one of his arms wrapped in a bin bag. Nine days later a woman walking her 84
Sadistic Killers_INSIDES.indd 84
29/12/2006 09:58:59
Sadistic Diversity
dog on Barassie Beach, near Troon, found a package containing Barry’s severed head.
It was obvious that the body had been cut with a razor, so police looked at similar murders and found that William Beggs had attempted to decapitate and remove the legs of his first murder victim. They checked and found that, not only had Beggs been freed from that charge, but he now lived in Kilmarnock where the victim had lived.
The police’s luck now briefly ran out, for William Beggs was working in an Edinburgh call centre when he heard on the radio that the limbs in the loch had been found. Knowing he’d be the prime suspect, he immediately went on the run.
He fled to Amsterdam and lived as a fugitive for a fortnight
– but the police had published his photograph in numerous newspapers so he decided to give himself up and fight extradition to Scotland. As a result, he managed to remain in The Netherlands for a year. In the meantime, in January 2000, the police found more of Barry Wallace’s body parts in the loch.
Beggs’ flat also yielded several links between himself and the murdered teenager. The key to the handcuffs used on Barry were found in his house as was a kitchen knife with Barry’s blood on it. Other tiny spots of the 18-year-old’s blood were found in the kitchen and the spare room.
Even more tellingly, the house was filthy and overrun with rubbish – but the bedroom had been recently and extensively redecorated. The floor had been varnished and the wallpaper changed.
In January 2001, Beggs was returned to Scotland under police escort. On remand in Saughton Prison, he demanded to be given the gay porn which a friend had sent to him.
(Pornography is only allowed at the governor’s discretion in British prisons.)
85
Sadistic Killers_INSIDES.indd 85
29/12/2006 09:59:00
SADISTIC KILLERS
In September, Beggs went on trial at Edinburgh High Court.
The court heard from various acquaintances how he liked to pick up men in straight bars, get them drunk and offer them a bed for the night. Beggs claimed that Barry Wallace was gay and had attacked him. But there was nothing to support this and Barry had a girlfriend.
The court heard that at least 20 drops of blood – four of them Barry’s – had been found in Beggs redecorated flat and that the teenager’s blood had also been found in the grooves of a large kitchen knife.
In October 2001, William Beggs was sentenced to 20 years for Barry Wallace’s razor blade mutilation and murder. He showed no emotion as the verdict was read out – but he was upset when he later heard that he was going to be put on the sex offenders register.
Parents’ legal action
William Beggs’ parents and aunt now launched a legal action against Strathclyde police, claiming that they had been wrongfully arrested and interrogated on 4 January 2000. The police suspected that the Beggs had helped their youngest son redecorate his flat after the murder of Barry Wallace (he’d phoned them several times after the murder) so had questioned them for six hours and taken their fingerprints and mouth swabs. As a result, the couple were seeking ‘aggravated and exemplary damages’.
But later the compensation claim was dropped, with a Strathclyde Police spokeswoman confirming that ‘the civil action for damages raised against the Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police by the father, mother and aunt of William Beggs has been dismissed in favour of the chief constable.’
86
Sadistic Killers_INSIDES.indd 86
29/12/2006 09:59:00
Sadistic Diversity
Beggs’ legal action
Subsequently, William Beggs – now in Peterhead Prison –
launched a legal
Body parts discovered
Shortly afterwards, police divers on a training course at Loch Lomond found one of Barry’s hands and part of one of his arms wrapped in a bin bag. Nine days later a woman walking her 84
Sadistic Killers_INSIDES.indd 84
29/12/2006 09:58:59
Sadistic Diversity
dog on Barassie Beach, near Troon, found a package containing Barry’s severed head.
It was obvious that the body had been cut with a razor, so police looked at similar murders and found that William Beggs had attempted to decapitate and remove the legs of his first murder victim. They checked and found that, not only had Beggs been freed from that charge, but he now lived in Kilmarnock where the victim had lived.
The police’s luck now briefly ran out, for William Beggs was working in an Edinburgh call centre when he heard on the radio that the limbs in the loch had been found. Knowing he’d be the prime suspect, he immediately went on the run.
He fled to Amsterdam and lived as a fugitive for a fortnight
– but the police had published his photograph in numerous newspapers so he decided to give himself up and fight extradition to Scotland. As a result, he managed to remain in The Netherlands for a year. In the meantime, in January 2000, the police found more of Barry Wallace’s body parts in the loch.
Beggs’ flat also yielded several links between himself and the murdered teenager. The key to the handcuffs used on Barry were found in his house as was a kitchen knife with Barry’s blood on it. Other tiny spots of the 18-year-old’s blood were found in the kitchen and the spare room.
Even more tellingly, the house was filthy and overrun with rubbish – but the bedroom had been recently and extensively redecorated. The floor had been varnished and the wallpaper changed.
In January 2001, Beggs was returned to Scotland under police escort. On remand in Saughton Prison, he demanded to be given the gay porn which a friend had sent to him.
(Pornography is only allowed at the governor’s discretion in British prisons.)
85
Sadistic Killers_INSIDES.indd 85
29/12/2006 09:59:00
SADISTIC KILLERS
In September, Beggs went on trial at Edinburgh High Court.
The court heard from various acquaintances how he liked to pick up men in straight bars, get them drunk and offer them a bed for the night. Beggs claimed that Barry Wallace was gay and had attacked him. But there was nothing to support this and Barry had a girlfriend.
The court heard that at least 20 drops of blood – four of them Barry’s – had been found in Beggs redecorated flat and that the teenager’s blood had also been found in the grooves of a large kitchen knife.
In October 2001, William Beggs was sentenced to 20 years for Barry Wallace’s razor blade mutilation and murder. He showed no emotion as the verdict was read out – but he was upset when he later heard that he was going to be put on the sex offenders register.
Parents’ legal action
William Beggs’ parents and aunt now launched a legal action against Strathclyde police, claiming that they had been wrongfully arrested and interrogated on 4 January 2000. The police suspected that the Beggs had helped their youngest son redecorate his flat after the murder of Barry Wallace (he’d phoned them several times after the murder) so had questioned them for six hours and taken their fingerprints and mouth swabs. As a result, the couple were seeking ‘aggravated and exemplary damages’.
But later the compensation claim was dropped, with a Strathclyde Police spokeswoman confirming that ‘the civil action for damages raised against the Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police by the father, mother and aunt of William Beggs has been dismissed in favour of the chief constable.’
86
Sadistic Killers_INSIDES.indd 86
29/12/2006 09:59:00
Sadistic Diversity
Beggs’ legal action
Subsequently, William Beggs – now in Peterhead Prison –
launched a legal
Similar Books
