Double murderer David Fuller confesses to sexually assault bodies of 23 women over 13 years

On Thursday, David Fuller, who is from Heathfield in East Sussex, made an appearance at Croydon Crown Court. Between 2007 and 2020, the 68-year-old admitted to 12 counts of sexual intercourse with a corpse and four counts of possessing extreme pornography.

In December 2021, Fuller was given two life sentences for the 1987 murders of Caroline Pierce and Wendy Knell. Before sexually assaulting the two women in two separate instances in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Fuller battered and strangled them.

After pleading guilty to sex assaults against 78 dead women and girls between 2008 and 2020, he was also given concurrent terms of 12 years. Fuller, who arrived in court via video link from HMP Frankland, was informed by Justice Cheema-Grubb that he must present himself in person when she sentences him in the week beginning December 5.


The judge predicted that he would likely be sentenced at the Old Bailey. Victim personal statements are being prepared, as per prosecutor Michael Bisgrove.


In the now-defunct Kent and Tunbridge Wells Hospital and Sussex Hospital, where he had worked as an electrician since 1989, Fuller had recorded himself torturing corpses.

According to Kent Police, an investigation produced evidence pertaining to a total of 101 victims, and the most recent charges concern the remaining 23 victims, who were all adult women, who had passed away; 10 of them were unidentified.

FAQs:

1. What is the status of personal statements?
   Victim personal statements are being prepared, as per prosecutor Michael Bisgrove.
2. When was Fuller given two life sentences?
   Fuller was given two life sentences in December 2021 for the 1987 murders.