ARCHIVES OF PAIN

IRELAND - Colin Ireland, an ex soldier and survival nut who enjoyed taunting police when each of his murders were reported in the media. He yearned to be famous. He chose the Coleherne Pub in London's Earl's Court as his hunting ground and chose gay sado-masochistic men because they were willing to get tied up. He also believed that the public would have less sympathy for them. On March 9, 1993, Colin met his first victim, 45 year old Peter Walker a theatre director. At Walkers flat, Ireland tied Walker to the bed. The shackled man could do nothing as Ireland placed a plastic bag over the man's head and suffocated him. After watching the newspapers for two days, without any mention of the murder, Ireland decided to act. He rang the local newspaper and the Samaritans to ask if someone could let the dogs out of the man's flat.

It was over two months later on May 29 that he struck again. At the same pub he picked up 37 year old Chris Dunn. Once back at Dunn's flat Ireland tied his victim to the bed and proceeded to beat the man with a belt and tortured him with a cigarette lighter against his genitals, Ireland then strangled him.
The next victim, Perry Bradley was also picked up by Ireland at the Coleherne Pub on June 4, 1993. They went back to Bradley's flat, where Bradley fell asleep, Ireland strangled him with the cord he brought with him on all his killings.
On June 8, 1993, Ireland picked up 33 year old Andrew Collier at the pub and the men returned to Collier's house. where Ireland discovered that Collier was HIV positive. Ireland killed Collier by tying him to his bed, beating him then strangulation. Ireland also broke Collier's cat's neck before leaving. Victim number five was killed on June 13, within a week of Collier. Emmanuel Spiteri was picked up by Ireland and taken back to the victim's flat. The 42 year old man was tied up on the bed, beaten and tortured, before being killed.
This time Ireland was not so lucky . C.C.T.V. cameras had picked up the two men as they walked along Charing Cross station together. Fearing he would be charged with murder, Ireland approached the police and said that the two men had met up with another man before going to Spiteri's flat.
However Ireland's voice matched the voice in the phone call's police had received from the killer and his fingerprints were all over the crime scene.
He was charged with the man's murder and soon after admitted to the other four murders as well. Ireland was sentenced in December 1993 to five life sentences and told he would never be released from prison.