Bio

Angus Robertson Sinclair was born in 1945 in Glasgow, Scotland. He grew up in a neighborhood called St George's Cross. His early life had many difficulties, which shaped his later actions. 

At a young age, Sinclair started to show signs of antisocial behavior. By the time he was a teenager, he had already committed minor crimes. At the age of 13, he stole an offertory box from a church. This was not the only trouble he got into during his youth. He was charged with housebreaking shortly after, indicating his early criminal tendencies.

Sinclair's first significant crime occurred when he was just 16 years old. In 1961, he was convicted of killing a seven-year-old girl named Catherine Reehill. He admitted to sexually assaulting and strangling her, which led to a conviction for culpable homicide. Sinclair was sentenced to ten years in prison but served only six years before being released.

After his release, Sinclair married a woman named Sarah Hamilton in 1970. They had a son together, but there is little more known about his family life following his marriage. Despite having a family, Sinclair's criminal behaviors continued to escalate. His past actions and early life set the stage for a troubled future. He became known as a dangerous criminal in Scotland and eventually faced serious charges later in his life.

Murder Story

In 1961, Angus Robertson Sinclair committed his first known murder when he sexually assaulted and strangled Catherine Reehill, a seven-year-old girl. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for this crime but was released after serving only six years.

In 1977, between June and December, Sinclair is believed to have killed several women and girls, including two teenagers, Christine Eadie and Helen Scott. On the night of October 15, 1977, after a night out at the World’s End pub in Edinburgh, the girls were last seen leaving with Sinclair and his brother-in-law Gordon Hamilton. Their bodies were discovered the next day in East Lothian, about six miles apart. Both girls had been beaten, raped, and strangled with their own underwear.

Sinclair's other suspected victims from that year include Frances Barker, 37, Hilda McAuley, 36, Agnes Cooney, 23, and Anna Kenny, 20. He went on to murder another 17-year-old, Mary Gallacher, in November 1978. Over the next four years, Sinclair was also convicted of raping and assaulting 11 girls aged six to 14, for which he received a life sentence in 1982.

In 2001, DNA evidence linked him to the murder of Mary Gallacher, resulting in a conviction. In 2007, he stood trial for the murders of Christine Eadie and Helen Scott, but the case collapsed. However, a change in Scottish law allowed for retrials under new evidence. In 2014, Sinclair was retried and convicted for the World’s End murders, receiving a sentence of a minimum of 37 years in prison. He is believed to be responsible for a total of eight murders.