The British Man Executed in 1996 as a Serial Killer
The last execution of a Britain was John Martin Scripps in Singapore
Scripps became famous as the first tourist, hung in Singapore and only the second for any offence. His defence centred on his belief that he would not be executed as he was British. However, it took Scripps several years to graduate to serial killer status; previous to this, being a drug dealer was his profession. This occupation led to him learning the skills to kill.
The Early Life of John Martin Scripps
John Martin Scripps was born in Hereford on 9th December 1959. The family moved to London when he was a small boy. He remembers a happy childhood where he was close to his sister Janet. At age nine, though, he faced the hardship of losing his father. Scripps found his father with his head in the gas oven dead; he committed suicide when he found out that his wife was leaving him for another man. At the same time, Scripps mother found out that she had throat cancer. Although she survived, it is clear that for the nine-year-old Scripps, his world fell apart.
He became an introvert, and his schooling started to suffer; by the age of fourteen, he was known to the juvenile magistrates’ court for burglary and theft. Scripps then spent many years in…
