At the time of the murders, police had no evidence for an Anti-Social Behaviour Order. The housing association shared the police's concerns and fitted a better CCTV system in anticipation of an incident. The police contacted the housing association which owns the flat in which Griffiths lived after he was observed reading books on dismemberment. Police had been watching Griffiths for two years before he killed his victims and had already seized hunting weapons. In 2009, Griffiths was admitted to the University of Bradford to write a PhD in homicide studies. In 1991, he was diagnosed as a " schizoid psychopath" and the following year received a two-year prison sentence for holding a knife to the throat of a girl. While in custody, he stated that he saw himself becoming a murderer, and psychiatrists warned that he fantasised about becoming a serial killer. Griffiths' criminal history included a three-year sentence, when aged 17, for an unprovoked knife attack on a supermarket manager. In 2011, he went on a 120 day hunger strike, during which time he avoided contact with other people. While in prison, Griffiths has attempted suicide on several occasions. At Leeds Crown Court the same day, Mr Justice Openshaw sentenced Griffiths to life imprisonment with a whole life order, meaning he will not become eligible for parole and is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. On 21 December 2010, Griffiths was convicted of all three murders after pleading guilty. He made a second appearance at the Crown Court on 7 June via a video link from Wakefield Prison where a trial date of 16 November 2010 was set. Stephen Shaun Griffiths (born 24 December 1969 in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire), at the time a semi-professional postgraduate student in criminology, was arrested and in May 2010 he appeared in the magistrates' court, giving his name as "the Crossbow Cannibal." Īt a Crown Court appearance that afternoon he was remanded in custody until his next court appearance. UK police announce arrest of suspected serial killer.Suspected serial killer appears in British court.
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