July 31, 1960 - Bruce George Peter Lee
Over the course of his arson campaign in Hull, England, he was responsible for one of the largest death tolls attributed to a single serial killer in British criminal history. His targets were often the most vulnerable — elderly residents and young children among the 26 who died in the fires he set. The case raised serious questions about the investigative failures that allowed the attacks to continue across multiple incidents before a confession finally closed them.
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Peter Tredget (born Peter George Dinsdale; 31 July 1960), formerly Bruce George Peter Lee, is a British serial killer and arsonist. He confessed to a total of 11 acts of arson, pleading guilty to 26 counts of manslaughter. Fourteen of these were overturned in two separate appeals. Lee was sentenced to indefinite secure hospital detention in 1981 and remains detained as of March 2026.
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