34 Facts About Patrick Mackay

Patrick Mackay was convicted of three counts of manslaughter and two additional cases which were left to lie on file.

In July 2022, it was revealed that Patrick Mackay's case had been referred to the Parole Board again.

Patrick Mackay was born at Park Royal Hospital, now known as Central Middlesex Hospital in London.

Patrick Mackay grew up with his parents and sisters in Dartford, Kent.

Patrick Mackay's parents were Harold Mackay, a Scottish accountant, and Marion Mackay, a woman of Creole descent from Guyana.

Patrick Mackay's two sisters were born later in 1954 and 1957.

Patrick Mackay would perform poorly on his academic grades, bully his younger classmates and frequently have tantrums.

Patrick Mackay engaged in cruelty to animals and often tore the wings off birds.

Patrick Mackay was supposedly unable to come to terms with the loss of his father, telling people Harold was still alive and keeping a photograph of him on his person.

Patrick Mackay did not go to the funeral in Scotland based on his mother's recommendation.

Patrick Mackay was prone to extreme tantrums and fits of anger, beating his mother and sister.

Patrick Mackay attempted to kill a boy younger than himself, and later said he would have succeeded had he not been restrained.

In October 1968, Patrick Mackay was committed to Moss Side Hospital, Liverpool, as a diagnosed psychopath.

Patrick Mackay lived in London and frequently abused drugs and alcohol.

Thirteen months later, on 10 March 1975, elderly Adele Price was killed in her Chelsea home by Patrick Mackay who had entered her property asking for a glass of water.

Patrick Mackay's granddaughter was coming home at the time and, without knowing, passed the killer as he left the premises after attacking the woman.

Patrick Mackay had been seen in the area by multiple witnesses.

Patrick Mackay was ordered to pay compensation but never did.

Patrick Mackay took detectives to an area of Clapham where he said he had thrown a knife he used in his killings.

The third: Patrick Mackay confessed that he had killed a drunken homeless man by throwing him off a bridge into the River Thames in January 1974.

The seventh: Patrick Mackay allegedly confessed to the murder of 92-year-old Sarah Rodmell in her flat in Hackney on 23 December 1974, saying that he had nailed the back door shut and put her stockings in her mouth, and that "killing her was as easy as washing my socks".

Patrick Mackay confessed that he knew of the shop and considered robbing her, but when he was driven to view her cafe and nearby home, he could not recognise them.

Investigators concluded that Patrick Mackay had been the perpetrator of the mugging and theft spree in Chelsea and Kensington, crimes which were previously unsolved.

Patrick Mackay denied his confessions to all but four of the murders.

Police were unable to identify the homeless victim Patrick Mackay said he had killed in January 1974.

At his trial in November 1975, Patrick Mackay was convicted of the manslaughter of Adele Price, Isabella Griffith and Father Anthony Crean after pleading guilty on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Patrick Mackay was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years.

Patrick Mackay's defence team had pleaded insanity, but medical experts instead concluded that he was a psychopath.

Patrick Mackay spent time in Hull Prison, where a special unit was set up to deal with one of the "most dangerous and difficult prisoners" in the country.

Patrick Mackay has been repeatedly denied full release by the parole board.

In 2019 Dartford MP Gareth Johnson voiced concern at the potential release of Patrick Mackay, raising the issue in Parliament and writing to the Secretary of State for Justice.

In 2022, it was revealed that Patrick Mackay's case had been referred to the Parole Board.

Patrick Mackay has been imprisoned for 48 years as of 2023.

Patrick Mackay's crimes have been featured in a number of documentaries:.