The Man in Black — Peter Moore - Wales' Worst Serial Killer

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Hanes profiad gwirioneddol y cyfreithiwr Dylan Jones wrth iddo amddiffyn y llofrudd cyfresol Peter Moore, a ganfuwyd yn euog o lofruddio pedwar dyn yng ngogledd Cymru ac ymosod yn ddifrifol ar dros 30 o ddynion eraill dros gyfnod o 20 mlynedd. Yn ei sylwadau clo, nododd y barnwr na ellid canfod gŵr mwy peryglus nag ef.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

The true story of former criminal defence lawyer Dylan Rhys Jones' experience of defending Rhyl serial killer Peter Moore, found guilty in 1996 of murdering four men and seriously assaulting many more, and referred to by the judge when sentencing as as dangerous a man as it is possible to find.

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Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Written by former criminal defence lawyer Dylan Rhys Jones, this is the true story of his experience of defending Rhyl serial killer Peter Moore, known as 'The Man in Black', who was found guilty in 1996 of murdering four men in North Wales after seriously assaulting over 20 more over two decades. In his concluding remarks while sentencing Moore, Judge Mr Justice Maurice Kay referred to him as "as dangerous a man as it is possible to find" and recommended that he never be freed. While being questioned by police about the murders, Moore admitted the killings and described them in detail, but then changed his story, blaming someone else. As his brief, the author spent hours discussing with Moore his motivation for murder, his compulsion for the violent sexual assaults, his background, his plans for further murders, his involvement with a circle of friends in North Wales and Merseyside who had similar, strange sexual proclivities, and the overwhelming urge he felt to kill. An in-depth first-hand account of full and frank dealings with a particularly vicious individual who apparently gained pleasure from violence, and an insight into the pressures of such a high-profile trial. The book also discusses its aftermath, including Jones' discussions with Moore regarding an appeal and about how he was coping in prison. He recalls one candid discussion when he asked Moore how it felt to kill someone, and the chilling reply he received. The book reveals the stresses of dealing with a large murder case, the complexity of a serial killer’s mind and the way a lawyer learns to deal with such an individual on a personal level.