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  • Written by: A.M. Nicol
  • Narrated by: Donald R Findlay QC
  • Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
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Manuel: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Written by: A.M. Nicol
Narrated by: Donald R Findlay QC
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The true story behind the notorious serial killer Peter Manuel, recently dramatized in the major ITV drama In Plain Sight. In a two-year killing spree, Peter Manuel terrorized a city. As the people of Glasgow and Lanarkshire held their breath and anxiously awaited news, Peter Manuel killed Anne Kneilands, Marion Watt, her daughter Vivienne and her sister Margaret, Isabelle Cooke and the Smart family - all in cold blood. But what drove him to commit such barbaric crimes? And could the police have caught him sooner?

Manuel: Portrait of a Serial Killer tells the full story from his birth in the USA and his love of gangster movies to his life of crime that would ultimately end on the gallows after one of the most sensational trials in legal history. Revealing new facts about the case and the myths that surround it, this is the definitive account of one of the most notorious criminals in history - Peter Manuel, serial killer. 

Donald R Findlay QC has spent over 40 years defending accused in Scotland's High Court. There can be few - if any - worldwide who have represented more persons accused of murder. In the preface, Donald explains what what led him to his lifelong fascination with criminal law and goes on to narrate the egregious crimes of the notorious Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel who was hanged at HM Prison Barlinnie, Glasgow, on 11 July 1958. Donald brings his unique gravitas to the tragic story of the infamous killer's family background, his inability to cope with an itinerant upbringing, the early signs of psychopathic personality disorder, and his increasingly serious court appearances in Scotland culminating in his execution

©2008, 2016 Black & White Publishing Ltd (P)2018 Allan MacKenzie Nicol

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