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Beverley Gail Allitt was born on 4th October 1968 in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
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Schoolfriends were impressed by her fortitude.
52 Year Olds. She never disclosed much of her inner self to her peers. 'active' : ''">
What do they make of it all back home? Identified in 1951 by Richard Asher (father of the actress, Jane), it is named after an 18th-century German baron who regaled dinner guests with fanciful tales of heroic deeds, many of which caused him injury. According to Murder on Ward Four, by Nick Davies, every week she had something wrong with her: stomachache, headache, neckache, backache, cuts, bruises: 'Bev always had some story about her illnesses, how she'd fallen off a horse or been knocked off her bike by a passing car or she'd burned her leg or gashed her arm.'.
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When not explaining the reason for her arm being in a sling, Beverly gushed about her planned nursing career.
Mohamed Atta. When seven-month-old Liam Taylor was admitted to her ward with a chest infection, Allitt assured his parents he as in safe hands and gently urged them to go home. We will continue to update information on Beverley Allitt’s parents. Allitt murdered her first victim on Feb. 21, 1991. Like many famous people and celebrities, Beverley Allitt keeps her personal life private. will be published daily in dedicated articles. There were violent fights, in which Stephen was kneed in the groin.
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Born in England. Physically bulky and unstylish, she reached her 16th birthday without a real boyfriend.
She was her teacher's favourite. It would have meant nothing to them that, on Beverly's 14th birthday, a British physician was providing fresh outlines of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. At home she behaved well, helping with chores and saving her baby-sitting money. But on entering her teens her 'illnesses' multiplied. Her mother worked as a school cleaner while her father, Richard, worked in an off-licence liquor shop. When a journalist approaches, lips are pursed, eyes lowered, curtains drawn.
Yet even after she began killing babies, deceiving some medical colleagues, arousing the suspicion of others, she went untreated. Criminal. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when
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Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post Log in to update your newsletter preferences, Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email. to your comment. Drawn curtains in a silent village: The Beverly Allitt case: on Friday this baby killer will be sentenced for 26 attacks including four murders. Beverley Allitt’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and her father’s name is under review. In Corby Glen, her preoccupation with infants seemed natural enough. 52 Year Old Criminal #3.
Beverly refused to hold his hand in public.
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Yet at least one friend half-suspected a sham. At her first job interview, in 1990, she was turned down. Mr Allitt, his wife Lilian, 45, and their other three children, Donna, 28, Darren, 18, and Alison, 21, regularly visit the top-security hospital where Allitt is awaiting sentence. She was the only nurse on her course to fail to get a job immediately on qualifying. 'active' : ''"> But back at Grantham Hospital, there was a severe staff shortage on the children's ward. A tall, nave road worker one year her junior, Stephen was unsure of Beverly until she more or less demanded that she become his girlfriend. continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Email already exists.
On Friday she will be sentenced for 26 attacks, including four murders. Her father, Richard, works in an off-licence and her mother, Lillian, is a school cleaner. The motivation might be 'a desire to be the centre of interest and attention' or 'a grudge against doctors and hospitals, which is satisfied by frustrating or deceiving them'. 'active' : ''"> By all accounts, neither they nor their other children - two daughters and a son - saw anything particularly disturbing in Beverly's behaviour as a child or teenager. Within a week of Nurse Allitt moving into Ward Four, Liam Taylor, the first of her infant charges, died from a heart attack, aged seven weeks. Criminals. real-world solutions, and more. CORBY GLEN does not immediately betray a sense of tragedy. Other things take on retrospective significance: in 1988, when she started training at Grantham, she developed a preference for the company of a female student, announcing that Stephen Biggs had Aids (another lie). Independent Premium. try again, the name must be unique, Please Boston Hospital turned her down on the grounds of 'insufficient experience'. Most liked. The pattern of ill-explained injuries repeated itself. Andrew Cunanan. Allitt begged for a chance to do further training there. try again, the name must be unique, Please
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'active' : ''"> Her parents were pleased that their daughter's primary ambition was at last being realised. A surprising number of houses are for sale. Are you sure you want to submit this vote? It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. On February 21, 1991, her first victim, 7-month-old Liam Taylor, was admitted to the children's ward with a chest infection. . The Lincolnshire village in which Beverly Allitt grew up is surrounded by woods and fields and approached along narrow, winding roads edged with cow parsley. Criminal Born in England #21. 'She would never show what was under the bandage and got accused of inventing injuries. Neighbours have recalled the young Beverly volunteering for every baby-sitting job going. Among her lies was a claim that an earlier boyfriend had raped her.
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A few casualty nurses at Grantham Hospital thought she would benefit from psychiatric help, but kept their thoughts to themselves. Guidelines. She was there when she met Stephen Biggs in 1987. Beverley Allitt Begins Killing. There were odder things: talking to other nurses, Beverly claimed that a poltergeist had stuck a carving knife into a pillow, set the bathroom curtains on fire and fed tablets to her landlady's dog. The streets, some of them hundreds of years old, are silent. First Name Beverley. Enter your email to follow new comments on this article. Corby Glen is less than nine miles from Grantham, a town equally decorous (Baroness Thatcher was born there). You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies The mothers invariably seemed to enjoy lingering in the hospital and 'often had had previous medical training'.
Leaving school at 16 with an O-level in food and nutrition and CSEs in English, French, biology and maths, she went to Grantham College on a pre-nursing course, calling into the Fighting Cocks at night. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate.
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No children play among the swings at the village's grassy entrance. She has one brother and two sisters. At one stage, police were called in to investigate a kitchen fire and the appearance of human faeces in the refrigerator. Villagers have become fed up with the intrusion. Please They had sex once a month. She grew up in a village named Corby Glen. He bought her a ring, but she declined to set a date for their marriage. language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification, -1) ?
Oldest first, -1) ? • Liam Taylor (seven weeks old) – was admitted to the ward for a chest infection and was murdered on 22 February 1991. The number of known Munchausen's syndrome sufferers is thought to be small - as is those with an allied condition, Munchausen's syndrome by proxy - in which the sufferer inflicts injuries, including terminal ones, on others (usually young and helpless), then appears to make heroic efforts on their behalf.
It is two years since Beverly Allitt put Corby Glen on the crime map.
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