He was actually quite right wing @i_b_b_o_r_g and was a staunch Leaver Brexit- wise.
Oh, coulda swore he was a socialist and into his unions and all that. Maybe nationalist socialist
He had views on unions and was generally pro-worker but I would have thought twice about joining a branch that he was shop steward of. It would have become like Koresh at Waco! He had no love for the monarchy and the higher echelons of society but it has to be remembered that this was the view through his eyes. In his eyes everyone was beneath him.
@LenGlover - yep, I did indeed know Nilsen, had known him since 2005 when I joined HMPS and was posted to the prison that he had been at for some considerable time. For the last three years I have worked on the wing that he was resident on and so spoke to him every day I was on shift but I was on a rest day when he fell ill.
Can I just state that yes, his crimes were heinous and he deserved never to see the light of the free world again but he knew that. He never appealed, he never claimed innocence, he readily admitted that he was a serial killer and deserved his fate. He never tried to minimise his crimes, never sought to blame his actions on the influences of alcohol (despite his admittance of having a severely problematic relationship with alcohol) or ‘voices in his head’. He accepted that that there was something in him that compelled him to commit the crimes he did and that it was best for everyone that he was caught.
He didn’t really have an aura of evil about him, I’ve encountered many more inmates that have made me far more uneasy than Dennis. He did however have severe delusions of intelligent grandeur and he was extremely narcissistic yet was quite tedious to talk to. You could never have a one-on-one equal conversation with him, he’d talk at you and would barely give credence to anyone else’s opinion and once he was in full flow with his history lessons, political views and lessons in life it was hard to get away from him. It became known on the wing as ‘being Nilsened’. I had a few cons who knew to come and ‘save’ me if I gave them the signal.
There was one incident involving Nilsen that will probably always tickle me in a sick way. One day the toilet in the cell next to his got blocked and works came to sort it. I was stood in the doorway talking to the works lads as they worked away when he appeared from his cell and said in such a deadpan way ‘I can tell you now, I’m not responsible for that’ before sauntering off.
I’m not sad at his passing, I would never shed a tear but in a strange way I think I’ll miss him around the wing. He was certainly more interesting than the majority of wrong uns I encounter.
Did he ever give any insight into how he started his electronics business? Or when he first moved to Belgium? Or why he used duct tape on his shoes?
He was actually quite right wing @i_b_b_o_r_g and was a staunch Leaver Brexit- wise.
Oh, coulda swore he was a socialist and into his unions and all that. Maybe nationalist socialist
He had views on unions and was generally pro-worker but I would have thought twice about joining a branch that he was shop steward of. It would have become like Koresh at Waco! He had no love for the monarchy and the higher echelons of society but it has to be remembered that this was the view through his eyes. In his eyes everyone was beneath him.
Years ago I read the book ‘Killing for Company’ by Brian Masters about Nilsens crimes, very good read as far as these kind of books go. The most sickening way to cure your loneliness.
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self opinionated---deluded---associated with khazis ----bang on for a remainer
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