NICKNAMED the Beast of Birkenshaw, Peter Manuel terrorised Scotland in the late 1950s, where he murdered eight people. This Monday, 7 June, ITV is re-airing In Plain Sight, a three-part drama starring ...

The sadistic killer claimed the lives of at least seven victims before he was hanged at Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison. 17-year-old Anne Kneilands was a machinist from High BlantyreCredit: Alamy ...

There are moments in the superb opening episode of new ITV drama In Plain Sight, based on the hunt for real-life serial killer Peter Manuel, that are so horrifying and bizarre even the actor playing ...

Scotland’s worst serial killer murdered at least eight people during a two-year reign of terror. Peter Manuel’s killing spree came following a nine year prison ...

Peter Manuel sentenced to death (Image: Daily Record) Nick Stevens’ TV writing debut depicts the tale of Detective William Muncie (played by Douglas Henshall) who first arrested New York-born Manuel ...

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As STV screens the second part of its gripping dramatisation, In Plain Sight - which focuses on Peter Manuel's tense cat and mouse game with nemesis Detective William Muncie - we look at the victims ...

He says Manuel remains one of the few true serial killers to have come through the Scottish legal system. “Peter Manuel, certainly in my lifetime, is the only genuine serial killer that we have ever ...

IN PLAIN Sight viewers were all left with the same complaint after Martin Compston’s thriller about Peter Manuel aired last night. The ITV drama centres around the serial killer, who was hanged for ...

PETER Manuel remains one of Scotland’s most terrifying murderers to date. The sadistic killer claimed the lives of at least seven victims before he was hanged at Glasgow’s Barlinnie Prison. Please ...