'A lovely little boy': A young Napper
Robert Napper
Napper, pictured with his brothers and sister, was sent for
psychiatric assessment at the age of 11.
When he returned he
declared: 'I'm mad'.
Napper used to peer at his sister Gillian, left, when she was
naked.
Robert Napper, a paranoid schizophrenic, has pleaded guilty to
the murder of Rachel Nickell - 17 years after
the model’s death.
Police have admitted they missed opportunities to question him over
the case years ago.
Napper has already been found guilty of the killing of Samantha
Bissett and her four-year-old
daughter, Jazmine, in Plumstead, south
London in 1993.
Robert Napper
Napper at Broadmoor
Napper is being held indefinitely at Broadmoor high-security
psychiatric hospital.
(Doug Seeburg/The Sun)
Rachel Nickell, 23, was stabbed in a frenzied attack on Wimbledon
Common in July 1992.
The part-time model was walking with her two-year-old son when
attacked. She was sexually assaulted
and stabbed 49 times. Her son
was standing by her body, crying ’Wake up, Mummy’ when she was found.
(Roger Crump/The Sun)
Rachel Nickell's killing led to one of the biggest murder hunts in
British history.
Miss Nickell’s Volvo estate car being towed away from the crime
scene.
The guilty plea by Mr Napper is final vindication for Colin Stagg
who spent a year in custody before
a trial at the Old Bailey in
1994. Police have apologised for his ordeal.
(Johnny Green/PA)
The victims
Rachel Nickell: stabbed on Wimbledon
Common.
Rachel Nickell
Rachel Nickell and boyfriend Andre
Hanscombe and their baby Alex.
Andrew and Monica Nickell, parents of
Rachel Nickell, speak to the media outside the Old Bailey
after Napper
pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of their daughter.
Samantha Bissett and her daughter Jazmine.
Samantha Bisset and her daughter Jazmine
were both killed by Napper
Samantha Bissett and her daughter Jazmine.
