Robert Napper

For the photographer, see Robert Peters Napper.

Robert Napper
Born
Robert Clive Napper

(1966-02-25) 25 February 1966 (age 58)
Erith, London, United Kingdom
Other namesThe Green Chain Rapist
The Plumstead Ripper
Criminal penaltyIndefinite detention in a psychiatric hospital
Details
Victims3
Span of crimes
15 July 1992 – November 1993
CountryUnited Kingdom
Date apprehended
May 1994

Robert Clive Napper (born 25 February 1966) is an English serial killer[1][2][3][4][5][6] and rapist. He has been convicted of two murders, one manslaughter, two rapes and two attempted rapes. He was sentenced to indefinite detention at Broadmoor Hospital on 18 December 2008 for the manslaughter of Rachel Nickell on 15 July 1992. He was previously convicted of the 1993 double murder of Samantha Bisset and her daughter Jazmine Bisset.[3]

Napper has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia as well as Asperger syndrome.[7]

  1. ^ Wardrop, Murray (18 December 2008). "Rachel Nickell: How depraved serial killer Robert Napper his secrets". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Serial sex killer who was caught after a series of police blunders". The Herald. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Inside the mind of Robert Napper". The Guardian. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  4. ^ Cheston, Paul; Davenport, Justin (13 April 2012). "Sex killer admits manslaughter of Rachel Nickell". Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  5. ^ Laville, Sandra (18 December 2008). "Nickell case: Missed clues that allowed Napper to kill again". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Killers Behind Bars: Birmingham criminologist links convicted murderers to unsolved cases gone cold". Birmingham Live. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  7. ^ Laville, Sandra (18 December 2008). "Rachel Nickell killing: Serial rapist Robert Napper pleads guilty". The Guardian.