Canal killer who dismembered victims dies in jail
Summary
John Sweeney, a man who killed and cut up two women before throwing their bodies into canals in London and the Netherlands, has died in prison. He was serving a life sentence with no chance of release for murders committed in 1990 and 2001.Key Facts
- John Sweeney was 69 years old when he died in prison on August 14.
- He was convicted in 2011 of murdering two former girlfriends.
- One victim, Paula Fields, was killed in London in 2001; parts of her body were found in bags in Regent's Canal.
- The other victim, Melissa Halstead, was killed in 1990; her body was found in a Dutch canal but identified 18 years later.
- Police found violent paintings and poems in Sweeney’s home, including images of a bloody axe.
- Sweeney had previously attacked another ex-girlfriend with an axe in 1994 but survived.
- Authorities suspected he may have killed other women who went missing.
- The prison service called his crimes horrific, and an official investigation into his death is ongoing.
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