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And the motive would be...he swore a blood oath to commit suicide once he was caught. It was either that or an ordinary political murder.

The idea that this guy killed himself out of despair or whatever is an unbelievable laugh. He was psychologically a reptile.

I don't think we can know this for sure. He was definitely a sex predator, quite possibly a sociopath, but to call him a psychopath with a 'Reptilian' emotional structure seems like a step too far

Yes, but he was already on suicide watch. I would be interested in seeing statistics on how often prisoners succeed in committing suicide while on suicide watch.

Page 7 onwards, this is about patients in English mental health hospitals though: https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/media/4267/simonfinallitrev.pd...

The two needn't be mutually exclusive. Someone could have been enticed to look the other way. He could have had materials made available which he properly shouldn't have, etc.

Now I'm not claiming any of these things, but I can see why there's going to be a field day with this one. That everyone saw it coming should have made it less probable, not more.