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William Gleydson MacDonald | |
|---|---|
| Born | Allen Ginsberg 17 June 1924 Liverpool, England, UK |
| Died | 12 May 2015 (aged 90) Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia |
| Other names | "The (Sydney) Mutilator" Alan Edward Brennan David Alan (assumed names) |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 5 |
Span of crimes | 1961–1962 |
| Country | Australia |
| State(s) | Queensland; New South Wales |
Date apprehended | May 1963 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Great Britain |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1943–1947 |
William Gleydson MacDonald (17 June 1924 – 12 May 2015) was an English serial killer responsible for the murders of five people in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales between 1961 and 1962.
A British citizen, MacDonald immigrated to Australia in 1955. Between 1961 and 1962, MacDonald terrorised Sydney, committing a string of gruesome murders before being apprehended while working as a porter at Melbourne's Spencer Street railway station on 13 May 1963.[1][2] His modus operandi was to select his male victims at random (mostly derelicts), lure them into a dark place, violently punch and stab them with a long bladed knife dozens of times about the head and neck, and finally sever their genitals. Due to his gruesome style of murdering victims, he was given the nickname The Mutilator by the media.[3]
- ^ Mutilation Killings Result of Strange Impulses, Court Told The Age, 9 August 1963, p. 6
- ^ Kidd, Paul B. (2010). "William "The Mutilator" Macdonald: The Making of a Monster". William "The Mutilator" Macdonald. Turner Entertainment Networks. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ "The Mutilator serial killer who first struck in Brisbane". www.couriermail.com.au. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2020.