8 Heinous Scottish Criminals - And Their Crimes
1. Peter Tobin
To this day, Peter Tobin remains at HMP Edinburgh serving a whole life order, where the assumption is that "life means life" : - basically he will never walk the streets a free man. And rightly so.
A serial killer and a dangerous sexual criminal, he has been assessed to be a legitimate psychopath by experts who have analysed him. While there are details of his crimes available to read, we will keep the descriptions and overviews brief. Much in the same way as Nilsen, research at your own peril.
He committed a serious sexual assault on two 14 year old girls before stabbing one and attempting to kill them both by turning on the gas in his flat. They survived and he went to prison for 14 years. Released in 2004, Tobin raped and murdered his next victim in 2006 and went back to prison, this time with a minimum sentence of 21 years.
When the garden of his home was dug up in connection with two missing girls from 1991, remains were found for both. Convicted of these two additional murders, his term was increased first to 30 years and then a full-life term.
Despite suffering major health issues, he is still alive today.