Kenneth Erskine

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Kenneth Erskine (* 1962 ) is a British gerontophile serial killer who murdered seven people in London in 1986 and was sentenced to life in prison. Since four of the seven murders occurred in the Stockwell neighborhood, he was called the "Stockwell Strangler".

Erskine broke into the home of 78-year-old retired teacher Nancy Eileen Emms in Wandsworth on April 9, strangled her and raped her. On June 9, he strangled 67-year-old Janet Crockett in her Stockwell apartment. 19 days later he broke into a dormitory in Stockwell, strangled the two Polish pensioners Valentine Gleim (84) and Zbigniew Stabrawa (94) and sexually assaulted them. On July 8th, he abused 84-year-old William Carmen in Islington, strangled him and stole his cash. On July 21, he carried out a similar assault on 84-year-old William Downes in Stockwell. The next day he murdered the 83-year-old widow Florence Tisdall in a residential complex in Fulham. He is also suspected of murdering four older people in the same year.

On January 30, 1988, Erskine was sentenced to seven life imprisonment with a minimum of 40 years of imprisonment for seven murders.

In 1996 Erskine hit the headlines again when he saved the life of serial killer Peter William Sutcliffe in prison . He was attacked on February 23 by fellow prisoner Paul Wilson and almost strangled before Erskine sounded the alarm and Wilson could be overpowered.