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==Early life and crimes== | ==Early life and crimes== | ||
Young was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neasden Neasden], | Young was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neasden Neasden], northwest London. He was fascinated from a young age by poisons and their effects. In 1961 at 14 he started to test poisons on his family, enough to make them violently ill. He amassed large quantities of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimony antimony] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitalis digitalis] by repeatedly buying small amounts, lying about his age and claiming they were for science experiments at school. | ||
In 1962 Young's stepmother, Molly, died from poisoning. He had been poisoning his father, sister, and a school friend. Young's aunt Winnie, who knew of his fascination with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry chemistry] and poisons, became suspicious. He sometimes suffered the same nausea and sicknesses as his family, forgetting which foods he had laced. He was sent to a psychiatrist, who recommended contacting the police. Young was arrested on 23 May 1962, confessing to the attempted murders of his father, sister, and friend. The remains of his stepmother could not be analysed because she had been [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremated cremated], and at the time her death was not treated as suspicious but rather as the result of complications from injuries sustained in a traffic accident. | In 1962 Young's stepmother, Molly, died from poisoning. He had been poisoning his father, sister, and a school friend. Young's aunt Winnie, who knew of his fascination with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry chemistry] and poisons, became suspicious. He sometimes suffered the same nausea and sicknesses as his family, forgetting which foods he had laced. He was sent to a psychiatrist, who recommended contacting the police. Young was arrested on 23 May 1962, confessing to the attempted murders of his father, sister, and friend. The remains of his stepmother could not be analysed because she had been [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremated cremated], and at the time her death was not treated as suspicious but rather as the result of complications from injuries sustained in a traffic accident. | ||
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