It’s my job to ask ‘WHY?’
Jul 29, 2021
4 minutes
Dr Kerry Daynes, 47
Beads of sweat trickled down my back as I saw the double murderer in front of me start to smirk.
Is this how his victims felt moments before he pounced? I thought.
His eyes grew wider with excitement, while my mouth turned dry in fear.
It was 1996, and I was a few months into my first job as a forensic psychologist at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire.
Nicknamed Monster’s Mansion, it was home to serial killers, rapists and some of Britain’s most violent, sadistic offenders.
I’d just been interviewing my latest defendant, ready to present
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