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A man dubbed the "Beast of Wombwell" died after suffering a heart attack at a secure psychiatric unit, an inquest has heard.

Child killer Peter Pickering, 80, had been locked up for more than 45 years after murdering 14-year-old Shirley Boldy in the Barnsley area of South Yorkshire in 1972.

West Yorkshire Police announced his death and confirmed that Pickering was expected to be charged with the murder of another 14-year-old, Elsie Frost, whose body was found in Wakefield in 1965.

Her brother Colin said the family felt they had been "cheated" out of getting justice and believed the sex attacker could be responsible for other murders.

Pickering was also awaiting sentence for raping an 18-year-old woman, who is now in her 60s, a few weeks before Shirley's abduction.

An inquest at Reading Town Hall heard Pickering died at Thornford Park Hospital, in Berkshire, on 25 March.

He was seen by a doctor after complaining of back and stomach pain but collapsed in hospital, went into cardiac arrest and could not be saved. A post-mortem examination revealed he had been suffering from heart disease.

mah goodness

GOOD THING HE DIED.

RIP

GloriaNinja:
GOOD THING HE DIED.

It would be painful for those that wants justice

MOst3xC3LL3Nt:

It would be painful for those that wants justice

painful kwa, he was already in jail awaiting trial for over 45 years

Why they don't kill off these mofos but have them on death-row for decades burdening the system & taxpayer is beyond me.