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Peter Manuel | |
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 Mugshot of Manuel | |
| Born | Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel 13 March 1927 |
| Died | 11 July 1958 (aged 31) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Other names | The Beast of Birkenshaw |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | Capital murder Rape Sexual assault |
| Criminal penalty | Death by hanging |
| Details | |
| Victims | 7+ |
Span of crimes | 2 January 1956 – 1 January 1958 |
| Country | Scotland |
Date apprehended | 14 January 1958 |
Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel (13 March 1927 – 11 July 1958) was an American-Scottish serial killer who was convicted of murdering seven people across Lanarkshire and southern Scotland between 1956 and his arrest in January 1958, and is believed to have murdered two more. Prior to his arrest, the media nicknamed the unidentified killer "the Beast of Birkenshaw". Manuel was hanged at Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison; he was the second to last prisoner to die on the Barlinnie gallows.