April 28 1983
Voices of evil guided sex murderer Alan Pinkerton, the man who chanced upon a woman waiting for her secret lover. But for Mrs. Katin Hopkins, the illicit meeting turned to tragedy, for instead of her lover she met 19-year-old Pinkerton – a madman obsessed with violet sex and drugs. Minutes earlier he had split up from his girlfriend Melanie Beasley, saying to her: "Whatever you do don’t follow me." Pinkerton, engaged to Melanie for six months, loved watching horror videos and according too Melanie, "became obsessed with the mutilation of animals and humans." His unnatural sex demans were too much for Melanie and on the night of the murder they had argued. Pinkerton then stormed off, discovered Mrs. Hopkins, 36, then beat, raped and strangled her before dumping her naked body. At Reading Crown Court on Friday April 22, Pinkerton, from Iver in Buckinghamshire, was jailed for life.
PICTURED: Lucky Escape….Pinkerton’s ex-girlfriend Melanie Beasley, 18
