Kenneth Erskine
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Kenneth Erskine was a British serial killer who became known as the Stockwell Strangler.
During 1986, Erskine murdered as many as 11 elderly people, both men and women, breaking into their homes and strangling them to death. Most were sexually assaulted. The crimes took place in the Stockwell area of London.
A homeless drifter and solvent abuser, Erskine was aged 24 but had the mental age of a 12-year-old. Following his arrest, he was subsequently convicted of 7 murders, although police believe he was responsible for at least 4 other murders he was never charged with.
Kenneth Erskine was sentenced to 40 years in prison but has since been declared insane. He is held at Broadmoor Hospital, a secure hospital for the criminally insane.