Editing Colin Ireland (section)

== Victims ==

=== Peter Walker ===
Peter Walker, a 45-year-old [[choreographer]], took Ireland back to his flat in [[Battersea]]. There he was bound, and ultimately [[suffocated]] by a plastic bag being placed over his head.<ref name=Kirby>{{cite news|last=Kirby|first=Terry|title=Calculating murderer who preyed on gays|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/calculating-murderer-who-preyed-on-gays-terry-kirby-builds-up-a-picture-of-a-man-with-a-lethal-wish-to-prove-he-was-someone-of-consequence-1468747.html |work=The Independent |date=21 December 1993 |accessdate=17 August 2013}}</ref> Ireland placed two teddy bears in a [[69 (sex position)|69]] position on the body. He left Walker's dogs locked in another room. The day after the murder, having heard no news reports of the crime, he called the [[Samaritans (charity)|Samaritans]] and a journalist from ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' newspaper, advising them of the dogs, and that he had murdered their owner.<ref name=Kirby/> He told them he wanted to become famous for being a serial killer. A former boyfriend of Walker was later interviewed and told the police that Walker did not enjoy sadomasochism and was most likely forced into it by Ireland.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

=== Christopher Dunn ===
Dunn was a 37-year-old librarian who lived in [[Wealdstone]]. He was found naked in a harness. His death was initially believed to be an accident that occurred during an erotic game.<ref name=Lambert/> In addition, because he lived in a different area from Walker, a different set of investigators worked on the case. For these reasons, the death was not initially linked to Walker's.<ref name=Lambert/>

=== Perry Bradley III ===
Ireland met 35-year-old<ref name=Tru>{{cite web |url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/ireland/page_11.html |title=Colin Ireland |publisher=CrimeLibrary |author=Anna Gekoski |accessdate=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407045507/http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/ireland/page_11.html |archivedate=7 April 2014}}</ref> businessman Perry Bradley III at the Coleherne pub. Bradley lived in [[Kensington]] and was the son of [[Texas]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] fundraiser Perry Bradley Jr.<ref name=Lambert>{{cite web|last=Lambert |first=Pam |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20110794,00.html |title=A Killer Stalks Gay London |work=People|date=12 July 1993 |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref>

The two men returned to Bradley's flat, where Ireland suggested that he tie Bradley up; Bradley expressed his displeasure at the idea.<ref name=Tru/> In order to get Bradley to comply, Ireland told him that he was unable to perform sexually without elements of [[bondage (BDSM)|bondage]]. Bradley hesitantly cooperated and was soon trussed up on his own bed, face down, with a noose around his neck.<ref name=Tru/> After Ireland had secured Bradley, he demanded money and a [[Personal identification number|PIN]] under the threat of [[torture]]. Ireland assured Bradley that he was merely a thief and would leave after stealing Bradley's money.<ref name=Tru/> After Bradley gave Ireland his PIN, which Ireland later used to steal £200, along with £100 in cash stolen from Bradley's flat, Ireland told him that he should go to sleep, as he wouldn't be leaving his flat for hours.<ref name=Tru/> Bradley eventually did fall asleep and Ireland momentarily thought of leaving Bradley unharmed. Ireland then realised that Bradley could identify him and used the noose, which he had earlier attached around Bradley's neck, to [[strangulation|strangle]] him. Before leaving Bradley's flat, he placed a doll on top of the dead man's body.<ref name=Tru/>

=== Andrew Collier ===
Ireland, angered that he had received no publicity even after three murders, killed again within three days. He met and courted 33-year-old Andrew Collier, a housing warden, and the pair went to Collier's home in [[Dalston]]. After entering the flat there was a disturbance outside and both men went to the window to investigate. Ireland gripped a horizontal metal bar that ran across the window. He later forgot to wipe the bar for fingerprints during his usual cleanup phase. The police found these prints.<ref name=Lambert/>

Once he had tied up his victim on the bed, Ireland again demanded his victim's bank details. This time his victim refused to comply. After killing Collier's cat, Ireland strangled Collier with a noose. He put a [[condom]] on Collier's penis and placed the dead cat's mouth over it, and placed the cat's tail into Collier's mouth.<ref name=Tru/> Ireland was angered at discovering Collier was [[HIV]] positive while rummaging through his personal effects looking for bank details.<ref name=Kirby/> He then phoned the police, asking why they had not linked the four murders.<ref name=Sky/> He left the next morning with £70.<ref name=Kirby/>

A suspected reason for his killing of the cat was that after Ireland killed Walker and had left this previous victim's dogs locked in a separate room, he later called anonymously to advise parties to the fact that these dogs were being or had been locked up.<ref name=Kirby/> As a result, the media called the killer an animal lover. He strangled the cat to demonstrate that the "animal lover" assumption had been wrong.<ref name=Tru/>

=== Emanuel Spiteri ===

Ireland's fifth victim was a [[Maltese people|Maltese]] chef named Emanuel Spiteri, aged 41, whom he had met at the Coleherne pub.<ref name=Tru/> Spiteri was persuaded to be cuffed and bound on his bed. Once more, Ireland demanded his PIN but did not obtain it. He again used a noose to kill. After carrying out his post-murder ritual of cleaning and clearing the scene, Ireland set fire to the flat and left, however the fire only caused minor damage. He rang the police later to tell them to look for a body at the scene of a fire and added that he would probably not kill again.<ref name=Kirby/>