IN the mid-1970s, Patrick Mackay was convicted of killing three people, including two elderly women.
But who is he, and where is he now?
Who is Patrick Mackay?
Patrick Mackay is from the UK longest serving prisoner.
He was convicted of atrocious murder in London and Kent in 1975.
Mackey dismembered a priest’s body in a bathtub, and also… killed two older women.
The serial killer became known as Belgravia’s Monster, The Psychopath and the Devil’s Disciple when he was eventually brought to justice.
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Where is Patrick Mackay now?
In July 2022, the mirror reported that Mackay, who has been called the “most dangerous man in Britain”, can now be released by Christmas.
He has been given a conditional hearing that could take place as early as September 2022.
A spokesperson said: “We can confirm that Patrick Mackay’s case has been referred to the Parole Board. A date is awaited to be announced.”
Mackay – who now goes by the name David Groves – spent the first 27 years of his sentence in a top prison.
It is now open jailand is seen as a model inmate, according to a prison source.
The 69-year-old was convicted of three murders at trial, but is suspected of committing eight more.
Who were Patrick Mackay’s victims?
Mackay’s first victim was Isabella Griffiths, an 87-year-old widow who was strangled and stabbed Chelsea House.
He then strangled 89-year-old Adele Price, in Kensington.
He then brutally murdered Catholic priest Father Anthony Crean, 63, with his fists, a knife and an axe.
Crean’s mutilated body was left in a tub of bloody water.
Mackay was charged with five murders, but he was convicted on three counts of manslaughter for diminished responsibility.
The other two cases were allowed to be on file – meaning the prosecutors believed they had sufficient evidence but that a trial was not in the public interest.
Among those suspected of being his other victims is cafe owner Ivy Davis, who was found in her Westcliff-on-Sea home in February 1975 with multiple wounds to her head and a ligature around her neck.
Mackay has also reportedly confessed to killing eight more, but is said to have retracted confessions for all but four murders, including the three for which he was convicted.