Lawrence Bierton

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Lawrence Bierton
Born (1959-12-30) 30 December 1959 (age 66)
ConvictionMurder
Criminal penalty2 life sentences
Details
Victims3
Date1995, 2021
CountryEngland
TargetsAileen Dudill
Elsie Gregory
Pauline Quinn
Killed3
Weapons
  • coffee table

Lawrence Bierton (born 30 December 1959) is an English convicted serial killer.[1] In 1996, he was convicted of the double murder of two elderly sisters in Rotherham. In 2023 he was convicted of a third murder he committed while released on licence.[2]

First crime

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On 25 June 1995, 79-year-old Aileen Dudill and her 72-year-old sister Elsie Gregory discovered their gardeners, Lawrence Bierton and Michael Pluck, stealing from them. Bierton and Pluck reacted by bludgeoning and suffocating the sisters to death.[3][4] Bierton and Pluck then piled the sisters' living room furniture over the bodies and set it all on fire.[5]

Bierton and Pluck were both jailed for life at Sheffield Crown Court in 1996.[6]

Release and reimprisonment

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Michael Pluck died in HMP Rye Hill on 13 February 2012[5] after failed appeals in 2002 and 2010.[7]

Bierton was released from prison on licence in 2017. He was recalled to prison in 2018 but was released on licence again in 2020.[8]

On 9 November 2021, in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Bierton battered his 73-year-old neighbour Pauline Quinn to death with her own coffee table.[9] The cause of death was traumatic head injuries.[10] His abuse of drug and alcohol was considered by the prosecution to be a contributing factor.[11]

In January 2023, the Probation Service released their review of the case.[12] Brendan Clarke-Smith, the local MP for Bassetlaw, called for a public inquiry.[13] On 20 December 2023, Bierton received a whole life sentence.[14][15] The Probation Service apologised to the families for its failings.[16]

References

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See also

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