Albert William Goozee was born on 8 September 1923 in London, England. Details about his early life are sparse, but it is known that he served as a merchant seaman and later worked as a fitter’s mate. In January 1955, at the age of 31, Goozee became a lodger at 5 Alexandra Road, Parkstone, Dorset, residing with the Leakey family: Thomas Leakey, his wife Lydia Margaretta "Greta" Leakey, and their 12-year-old daughter, Norma Noreen Leakey.

Thomas Leakey, a World War II veteran who had lost a leg during the war, reportedly lived a separate life from his wife, with the couple sleeping in separate bedrooms. Shortly after moving in, Goozee began an affair with Lydia Leakey. During his trial, Goozee claimed that he was also seduced by Norma, alleging a concurrent affair with the daughter.

In early June 1956, after discovering the affair between Goozee and his wife, Thomas Leakey left the family home. He returned shortly thereafter and demanded that Goozee vacate the premises. Goozee complied and moved to Sunnyhill Road, Parkstone.

On 17 June 1956, Goozee invited Lydia and Norma Leakey for a picnic at Bignell Wood near Cadnam in the New Forest, using a Wolseley car that Lydia had purchased for him. Later that day, motorists found Goozee bleeding from a stab wound to his abdomen by the side of the road. Nearby, police discovered the bodies of Lydia and Norma Leakey. Lydia had suffered a fractured skull and multiple stab wounds, while Norma had been killed by a single stab wound to the heart. A post-mortem examination revealed that Norma had also been indecently assaulted.

The murder weapon, a double-edged Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife with a 7-inch blade, was found concealed in Goozee's car. His abdominal injury was determined to be self-inflicted.

Goozee was treated at the Royal South Hampshire Hospital under police guard. On 19 June 1956, he was charged with indecently assaulting Norma Leakey, and upon his discharge from the hospital on 25 June 1956, he was charged with both murders.

The trial commenced at the Hampshire Assizes in Winchester, with the prosecution led by Norman Roy Fox-Andrews Q.C. The prosecution elected to proceed with the charge of Norma's murder, leaving the charge of Lydia's murder on file. On 6 December 1956, the jury found Goozee guilty, and Mr. Justice Havers sentenced him to death by hanging.

Goozee appealed the conviction, but the appeal was dismissed on 14 January 1957. However, on 25 January 1957, Home Secretary Rab Butler recommended a reprieve, citing that Goozee had been "provoked beyond reason." Consequently, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and he was transferred to Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital, having been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

In 1971, after serving approximately 14 years, Goozee was released on licence. He relocated to Stafford, Staffordshire, and secured employment at the General Electric Company. In 1973, he was imprisoned for theft and "going equipped for theft." In 1977, after his identity became known to colleagues, he was dismissed from his job. Around this time, he was also imprisoned for possession of an offensive weapon after threatening a police officer with an iron bar.

In 1982, Goozee, then residing in Tamworth, Staffordshire, was convicted of wounding a neighbour by stabbing him with a Stanley knife. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and recalled to serve his life sentence. In 1985, he publicly supported a campaign for the return of capital punishment, volunteering to meet the hangman to take the punishment originally prescribed for him.

Released again in 1993, Goozee moved to Chatham, Kent, and was provided with sheltered housing. On 25 December 1995, he lured two girls, aged 12 and 13, into his home, gave them alcohol, and indecently assaulted them. The assaults came to light after the girls contacted ChildLine, a counselling service for children.

In December 1996, Goozee was tried at Maidstone Crown Court. The jury acquitted him of rape but found him guilty of indecent assault. Mr. Justice Gower sentenced him to six years' imprisonment, stating that one of the cases was "one of the most serious cases of indecent assault that I have ever had to deal with."

In October 2009, Goozee, then terminally ill, was released on compassionate grounds to Cedar Court nursing home in Wigston, Leicester. There, he began a hunger strike, refusing food and medication. He died on 25 November 2009 from a blood clot in his heart and complications from diabetes. The coroner recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.