Samuel Leonard Boyd

Samuel Leonard Boyd
Born
Scotland
OccupationTradesman
Criminal statusIncarcerated
Criminal chargeMurder x 4, wounding with intent to murder x 1
Penalty4 x life imprisonment + 25 years without parole (redetermined)

Samuel Leonard Boyd is an Australian spree killer from New South Wales, currently serving four consecutive sentences of life imprisonment plus 25 years without the possibility of parole[1] for the murder of four people and the malicious wounding of a fifth between September 1982 and April 1983.

Boyd emigrated from Scotland with his family at age 11.

  1. ^ R v Samuel Leonard Boyd [1995] NSWSC 129 (3 November 1995), Supreme Court (NSW, Australia) Redetermination of life sentences.