looks unrecognisable as he is set to play Nilsen in new ITV drama Des, which airs in September. But the killer that has inspired the drama is believed to have been responsible for the death of at least 15 young men.His first victim was 14-year-old Stephen Holmes, who he killed on December 30, 1978 after meeting him in the Cricklewood Arms pub.From there sadist Nilsen became obsessed with murder and storing his victims' rotting remains inside his homes, in close proximity to his unsuspecting neighbours.Nilsen's only company were his victims' corpses, which he liked to dress up and move around.He would strangle them, or drown them, before stashing their corpses around his flat.His warped mind has been the subject of several books as.
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