Armitage is seen hogtied on cushions, the words "My Sex Slave" spray-painted in black on her back. Its finder sold it on twice before police retrieved it, but the footage remained. Griffiths recorded the act on his mobile, which he then lost on a train. It was yesterday revealed her murder was also on video. Missing persons photo of Shelley Armitage. Also found by the river was a suitcase containing knives and saws. Shelley Armitage, 31, had been missing since April when police charged Griffiths a piece of spine in the River Ayre was later identified as hers. Smith added that Griffiths confessed to killing her and cutting her up by hand he had previously used power tools on his victims. Robert Smith QC, prosecuting, said she was in 81 pieces. After Griffiths was arrested by armed police on May 24, her dismembered remains were found floating the the River Ayre near Shipley her head was in a rucksack and it was yesterday revealed a crossbow bolt and broken knife were embedded in it. Over the course of a weekend, he was seen several times with bin bags and a rucksack. Returning with a drink, he raised the can and one finger to the camera. He raised his crossbow above his head for the CCTV, then dragged the body away. Two minutes later, she ran out and he followed, beating her to the ground and shooting her in the head with a crossbow. A caretaker, reviewing footage from the building where Griffiths's flat is, saw Suzanne Blamires, 36, and Griffiths enter the flat.
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Griffiths, a former van driver with a degree in psychology and studying for a PhD in criminology, was caught when police were alerted to a murder caught on CCTV.
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Stephen Griffiths, 40, who attracted tabloid attention by calling himself the "Crossbow Cannibal", killed the prostitutes in his flat in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England and will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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It was right for West Yorkshire Police to study unsolved murders in the area, but it was unlikely Griffiths was responsible for any of them, despite being a “narcissistic misogynist, desperate for attention and infamy”.A British serial killer has yesterday entered guilty pleas to all three counts of murder he faced. Lots of women working as prostitutes are murdered and their murderers are not caught.” Between 1994-2004, there were 60 women working in the sex industry who were murdered there were arrests in 16 cases. “Prostitutes are one of the most common targets of serial killers. He had been influenced by the Yorkshire Ripper, who had also murdered prostitutes. Prof Wilson added: “He showed the crossbow to the CCTV cameras because he wanted to be caught so the (serial killer) label would apply to him.” Influenced by Yorkshire Ripper Griffiths was captured on CCTV footage from his flat firing a crossbow at Ms Blamires and gesturing at the camera, a sign that “he knew the game was up”. “He knew he had to kill three or more people in a period greater than 30 days.” Knew the game was up Griffiths had been influenced by the old FBI definition of a serial killer. “He set out to become a serial killer as a way of gaining 15 minutes of infamy. Prof Wilson said serial killers usually left a long gap between their first two murders and a shorter gap or gaps between subsequent killings.
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Prof Wilson said: “The evidence from within the three cases we definitely know about would suggest his first victim was definitely his first victim because he was disorganised and lacked skill and there was a significant time gap between that victim and who we know as his second victim. Ms Rushworth (right) went missing in June 2009, Ms Armitage (centre) in April 2010 and Ms Blamires (left) in May 2010. Professor Wilson said the time lags between the three murders at Griffiths’ Bradford flat implied that Susan Rushworth, Shelley Armitage and Suzanne Blamires were his only victims.
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“I think we can rule that out pretty categorically by applying criminological theory.” On Tuesday, Griffiths was jailed for life for murdering three prostitutes, and West Yorkshire Police are following up other leads.īut David Wilson, who has worked with serial killers and is Professor of Criminology at the University of Central England, said he did not believe the self-styled “Crossbow Cannibal” was responsible for other murders. Griffiths’ former girlfriend Amanda Judson told The Sun newspaper that he had once boasted to her that he wanted to be more infamous than Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who killed 13 women.