Robert Black (serial killer)
| Robert Black | |
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Mug shot in July 1990
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| Born |
21 April 1947 Grangemouth, Scotland |
| Died | 12 January 2016 (aged 68) HMP Maghaberry, Northern Ireland |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Conviction(s) |
Murder Kidnap Preventing the lawful burial of a body Sexual assault Attempted kidnap |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 4+ |
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Span of killings
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12 August 1981–26 March 1986 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Date apprehended
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14 July 1990 |
Robert Black (21 April 1947 – 12 January 2016) was a Scottish serial killer and paedophile who was convicted of the kidnap, rape, sexual assault and murder of four girls aged between 5 and 11 in a series of killings committed between 1981 and 1986 in the United Kingdom.
Black was convicted of the kidnapping, rape and murder of three girls on 19 May 1994. He was also convicted of the kidnapping of a fourth girl, and had earlier been convicted of the kidnapping and sexual assault of a fifth. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 35 years.
Black was further convicted of the 1981 sexual assault and murder of nine-year-old Jennifer Cardy in 2011, and at the time of his death was regarded as the prime suspect in the 1978 disappearance and murder of 13-year-old Genette Tate. Black may also have been responsible for several other unsolved child murders throughout Britain, Ireland and continental Europe between 1969 and 1987.
The nationwide manhunt for Black was one of the most exhaustive UK murder investigations of the 20th century. He died in prison in 2016.
Robert Black was born in Grangemouth on 21 April 1947, the illegitimate child of Jessie Hunter Black and an unknown father.
At the time of Black's birth, a child born outside wedlock was considered a social stigma in the United Kingdom. Within weeks of his birth, Black's mother formulated plans to have her son adopted before she emigrated to Australia. These proceedings were never completed, and six months after his birth, Black was placed with Jack and Isabel Tulip, an experienced, middle-aged foster couple who lived in Kinlochleven. He adopted their surname.
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