Peter Manuel

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Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel (born March 13, 1927 in New York City , † July 11, 1958 in Glasgow ) was a Scottish serial killer born in the United States who murdered seven people in Lanarkshire and southern Scotland from 1956 until his arrest in 1958 . It is also believed that he was responsible for two other murders. Before it became known that Manuel had committed the murders, the media dubbed the killer the "Beast of Birkenshaw ". Manuel was one of the last prisoners to be hanged in Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison.

Early years of life

Manuel was born in New York to Scottish parents in 1927. The family moved to Detroit before migrating back to the UK in 1932, this time to Birkenshaw, North Lanarkshire. By the age of ten he was known to the local police as a thief. At the age of sixteen he committed a series of sexual assaults that resulted in nine years in prison. In 1955 he successfully led his own rape defense in the Airdrie Sheriff's Court.

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SURNAME Manuel, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manuel, Peter Thomas Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish serial killer
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1958
Place of death Glasgow