THE full horrific truth about the killer behind The Pembrokeshire Murders was too brutal to be told in the new ITV series, according to its star Luke Evans.
The Hollywood actor, who takes on the role of the newly-promoted detective superintendent Steve Wilkins, said the writers behind the drama were unable to reveal more about the serial killer John Cooper.
Cooper, who is played by Keith Allen in the new show, claimed the lives of siblings Richard and Helen Thomas along with Peter and Gwenda Dixon, who had been on holiday in the area.
He was behind a catalogue of crimes, including 30 robberies and violent assaults, along with the gunpoint rape of a 16-year-old girl and the sexual assault of a 15-year-old, also with a gun pointed at her back.
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