Peter Moore

Peter Moore (born 1940) is a Welsh serial killer who owned and managed a number of cinemas in North Wales. He murdered four men in 1995. Due to his attire he was dubbed the "man in black". Between September and December 1995, he stabbed to death and mutilated four men "for fun". He was sentenced to life imprisonment in November 1996. During his trial, Moore told the jury the crimes were committed by a homosexual lover he nicknamed "Jason" after the killer in the Friday the 13th horror films. The jury found him guilty on all counts. During his time in Wakefield Prison Moore befriended Harold Shipman, the serial killer and former GP who hanged himself in January 2004. In June 2008, Moore was told by the High Court that he would spend the...