Anthony Arkwright

Anthony Arkwright (born 1968 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is a British murderer.
In 1989, at the age of 21, he killed his grandfather and three other people on a killing spree in Rotherham, Yorkshire. His case attracted much tabloid interest when it was revealed that a devil mask was found near one of the bodies. The police found the victims in reverse order to the order in which he killed them. At 6'8" he was a dominating presence and a powerful man. He was later found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
He remains in prison to this day, and on 23 February 2008 The Times reported that he was among 50 or so life sentence prisoners who had been issued with whole life tariffs and were unlikely ever to be released. His trial judge had recommended a minimum term of 25 years, effectively keeping him in prison until at least 2014 and the age of 46, but during the 1990s at least one Home Secretary is known to have ruled that Arkwright must spend the rest of his life in prison.
The jury at Arkwright's trial at Sheffield Crown Court heard how Arkwright had boasted he would one day be as infamous as Jack the Ripper.
Arkwright one of 5 children from Wath-Upon-Dearne, Rotherham had a turbulent start to life, his mother leaving the family home when he was just 2 years old. All the children were taken into the custody of the local authorities. Arkwright was soon diagnosed with behavioral and learning difficulties and spent most of his childhood in residential 'special' schools.
It is strongly believed that before he embarked on his murder spree, his mother informed him that he was his grandfather's son.

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