David Fuller (born 4 September 1954) is an English convicted murderer and necrophile.[1]
David Fuller | |
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 Fuller following his arrest in 2020 | |
| Born | 4 September 1954 |
| Occupation | Hospital electrician (supervisor) |
| Known for | The Bedsit Murders |
| Criminal status | Convicted |
| Conviction(s) | Whole life order |
| Criminal charge | Murder, necrophilia |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Date | 15 December 2021 |
Date apprehended | 2020 |
| Imprisoned at | HMP Frankland |
In 2021, he was convicted of the murders of Wendy Knell, 25, and Caroline Pierce, 20, whom he strangled and sexually assaulted after breaking into their homes, months apart in 1987, in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in what became known as the Bedsit murders.[2][1] The killer's DNA had been known since a cold case review in 2007, and analysis of the samples in the two cases would later prove that the murders were committed by the same unidentified perpetrator.[3][4] Fuller was eventually identified as the perpetrator in 2020 when a match was made between his DNA and the samples from the case.[4] When finally apprehended Fuller also received 12 years for mortuary offences, having recorded himself abusing the bodies of more than 100 female corpses, over the course of his employment as an electrician at the Kent and Sussex Hospital, also in Tunbridge Wells, and the Tunbridge Wells Hospital in nearby Pembury which replaced it.[1]
He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order on 15 December 2021, meaning that he will serve his life sentence without the possibility of parole.[1][5][6]
In October 2021, Fuller was charged with an additional 16 offences committed at mortuaries in the now-closed Kent and Sussex Hospital, and its successor, the Tunbridge Wells hospital at Pembury, between 2007 and 2020,[7] and pleaded guilty to the charges on 3 November 2022.[8] He is imprisoned at HMP Frankland, alongside other prisoners such as Wayne Couzens and Michael Stone.[9]
Personal life
Fuller was married three times.
He was interested in birdwatching, cycling and photography. He was an unofficial photographer for London rock band Cutting Crew and in 1985 accompanied them on tour with his second wife Sally.[10]