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Alan Reeve
Alan Patrick Reeve (born 1948) is an English murderer released from Broadmoor Hospital in 1998. He battered a 15-year-old boy to death and later strangled a fellow prisoner at Broadmoor. After escaping to Amsterdam, he killed a police officer in a gunfight and was imprisoned in the Netherlands for ten years. He then lived in the Republic of Ireland before being extradited back to the United Kingdom. Early life Reeve's father was a military prison officer and the family moved between postings in Cyprus, Tripoli and West Germany. He came to the notice of the police at a young age, committing crimes such as theft and attempted robbery. At the age of 15, he escaped from borstal and killed the 15-year-old Roger Jackson by hitting and stabbing him. He hid the body in Castle Park, Colchester and then sent three postcards to Jackson's parents, writing on them "DOA" (dead on arrival). After the body was found, Reeve was convicted of murder and sent to Broadmoor Hospital, Broadmoor secure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadmoor Hospital
Broadmoor Hospital is a high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England. It is the oldest of the three high-security psychiatric hospitals in England, the other two being Ashworth Hospital near Liverpool and Rampton Secure Hospital in Nottinghamshire. The hospital's catchment area consists of four National Health Service regions: London, Eastern, South East and South West. It is managed by the West London NHS Trust. History The hospital was first known as the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Completed in 1863, it was built to a design by Sir Joshua Jebb, an officer of the Corps of Royal Engineers, and covered within its secure perimeter. The first patient was a female admitted for infanticide on 27 May 1863. Notes described her as being 'feeble minded'. It has been suggested by an analysis of her records that she most likely had congenital syphilis. The first male patients arrived on 27 February 1864. The original building plan of five blocks (fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
