Serial killer Donald Neilson was 'evil' but 'not mad' when he kept Leslie Whittle, 17, captive in a drain before murdering her, former head of West Midlands Police tells documentary revisiting ...

Neilson was born Donald Nappey in August 1936 and his surname made him the target for bullies both at school and during his National Service in Kenya, Aden and Cyprus. But he relished Army life and ...

Multiple murderer Donald Neilson asked prison staff not to keep him alive if his health deteriorated, an inquest has heard. The 75-year-old, who became known in the media as the Black Panther ...

Serial killer Donald Neilson - nicknamed the Black Panther - grabbed the terrified 17-year-old from her bed exactly 50 years ago on January 14, 1975 before her body was eventually found in ...

Donald Neilson gallery. She died from shock after plunging from the narrow ledge where she had been secured by wire. Whether she slipped or was deliberately pushed remains unknown.

Lesley Whittle was just 17 years old when Donald Neilson held a gun to her head and forced her down a ladder into a dank, stinking drain in Bathpool Park (Image: Mirrorpix) ...