Serial killer Donald Neilson - nicknamed the Black Panther - grabbed the terrified ... and died from motor neurone disease in prison in 2011, aged 75. For The Sentinel’s crime reporter at the time, ...

HM Prison Service confirmed that Neilson had developed Motor Neurone Disease. December 18, 2011: Donald Neilson died of breathing difficulties in Norwich hospital, at the age of 75.

Lesley Whittle, from Highley, Shropshire, was kidnapped from her home by Donald Neilson – known as the ... originally from Bradford, died in prison in 2011.