Who is John Sweeney? Canal Serial killer dubbed the Scalp Hunter & Cana Killer in C5’s The Delia Balmer Story

JOHN Sweeney is 1 of the astir notorious killers aft committing murders successful the UK and the Netherlands.

He has been successful prison serving a full beingness tariff since 2011.

Who is the ‘Scalp Hunter’ serial slayer John Sweeney?

John Sweeney has been dubbed the “Scalp Hunter” arsenic a effect of his crimes.

He was fixed the sanction owed to 1 of his galore gruesome sketches depicting his murders.

Sweeney was calved successful Kirkdale successful 1956 and joined Anne Bramley successful 1976.

The mates had 2 children but went connected to get divorced successful 1979.

The brace got backmost unneurotic and remarried 2 years aboriginal but successful 1982 Anne told police her hubby had threatened her.

Sweeney moved to London successful the mid-eighties erstwhile the mates got divorced again.

Sweeney is serving clip successful situation for the execution of 2 erstwhile girlfriends who helium chopped up and dumped successful canals successful some Rotterdam successful the Netherlands and London.

It is believed that helium could beryllium connected to aggregate different deaths from crossed Europe going backmost to 1976.

Who did John Sweeney kill?

Sweeney has been convicted for sidesplitting 2 of his erstwhile girlfriends.

He was moving successful the Netherlands successful the 1990s and 1 of his victims, 33-year-old exemplary Melissa Halstead, was recovered there.

He killed US exemplary Melissa Halstead, whose remains were recovered successful a Rotterdam canal successful 1990.

It has been reported that her caput and hands person ne'er been found.

Ten years aboriginal Sweeney killed 31-year-old mum Paula Fields and dumped her remains successful Regent's Canal successful London.

Sweeney was tracked down by constabulary successful 200, earlier being convicted of the attempted execution of different girlfriend, Delia Balmer, successful 1994.

The brace were unneurotic for 3 years during the nineties, successful which Balmer suffered unit from Sweeney.

Just earlier Christmas successful 1994, helium attacked Balmer with an axe which near her with stab wounds and chopped disconnected her near small finger.

Where is John Sweeney now?

Sweeney is present serving a full beingness tariff successful situation and it’s been said that is wherever helium volition die.

After spending years connected the tally from police, Sweeney was arrested for the attempted execution of Balmer successful 2001.

In 2011 helium was convicted of the 2 murders.

While sentencing him, Judge Mr Justice Saunders said: "These were terrible, wicked crimes.

“The heads of the victims having been removed, it is intolerable to beryllium definite however they were killed.

“The mutilation of the bodies is simply a superior aggravating diagnostic of the murders.

"Not lone does it uncover the cold-blooded quality of the killer, but it has added greatly to the distress of the families to cognize that parts of their loved ones person ne'er been recovered."