John Wayne Glover
| John Wayne Glover | |
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| Born |
26 November 1932 Midlands, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 9 September 2005 (aged 72) |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Other names | The Granny Killer The Monster of Mosman |
| Criminal penalty | 6 x Life imprisonment without parole |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 6–13 |
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Span of killings
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1989–1990 |
| Country | Australia |
| State(s) | New South Wales |
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Date apprehended
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20 March 1990 |
Not to be confused with John Wayne Gacy
John Wayne Glover (26 November 1932 – 9 September 2005) was an English-born Australian serial killer convicted of the murders of six elderly women, including Lady Winifreda Ashton, widow of famous artist Will Ashton (MBE), on Sydney's North Shore. Over a fourteen-month period in 1989/90, Glover killed six elderly women, for which he was dubbed in the press as the "Granny Killer". Following arrest in 1990, he admitted to the murders and was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He committed suicide by hanging himself in prison on 9 September 2005.
Originally from a working-class family in Wolverhampton, England, Glover was convicted of many petty crimes dating back to 1947 for stealing clothing and handbags. He left school at 14. He was later thrown out of the British army when these crimes were discovered. Later, he emigrated to Australia in 1956 or 1957 with no qualifications where he first lived in Melbourne. He had a troubled relationship with older women in his life, especially his mother Freda (who had had several husbands and many boyfriends), and after 1968, his mother-in-law when he married Gay Rolls and moved into his parents-in-law's house in Mosman, Sydney.
Before John Glover began his killings in the late 1980s, he was a volunteer at the Senior Citizens Society, and was considered among his friends a friendly and trustworthy man. He was married with two daughters, and lived a contented lifestyle in Mosman. Glover worked as a sales representative for the Four'N Twenty meat pie company.
Glover's mother moved to Australia in 1976; she died of breast cancer in 1989. Later that year, Glover was diagnosed with breast cancer. Glover separated from his wife, who took their daughters to New Zealand.
Shortly after emigrating from England to Australia, Glover was convicted on two counts of larceny in Victoria, and a stealing charge in New South Wales.
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