Sick world of taxi killer Colin Cheetham who made murder scrapbooks in hoarder hellhole filled with 600 bottles of urine
Sick world of taxi killer Colin Cheetham who made murder scrapbooks in hoarder hellhole filled with 600 bottles of urine
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RAIDING the home of murder suspect Colin Cheetham, cops discovered a “gold mine of evidence”, chilling gun pose snaps and up to 600 large fizzy drink bottles filled with urine. It was the sordid but brilliant breakthrough Derbyshire Police needed to finally nail the wannabe serial killer, who murdered a “complete stranger” to discover “the pleasure of killing someone”.
![[Man holding two handguns and smoking a cigar.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/used-help-plot-bloody-murder-582011138.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Weeks earlier, they discovered taxi driver Stuart Ludlam, 43, in the boot of his cab, which was left with the engine running in the middle of a quiet country road next to Cromford train station. The slaying in September 2009 was immediately identified as “an execution” by cops after they found two pools of blood by the vehicle and two bullet casings.
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But with no suspect, a range of theories emerged including Stuart’s death being “a targeted hit”, a “revenge attack” or the result of a “taxi wars” row over a parking space. Eventually, monster Cheetham, then 61, was caught due to his unusual compulsive behaviours, which put an end to what psychologists feared could have been the start of a serial killer murder spree.
![[Photo of Colin Cheetham, accused of murdering Stuart Ludlam.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2010-colin-cheetham-accused-shooting-703596.jpg?strip=all&w=692)
Detective Chief Superintendent Tony Blockley said: “He had almost committed the perfect murder because he had covered his tracks and there were no links back to him and no witnesses. “We have no idea why he did it. The only person who knows the answer is Cheetham, but it looks like it was just the thrill of killing somebody.”.
![[Photo of Stuart Ludlam.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/0b745287-a387-43e9-872b-849e88e2467c.jpg?strip=all&w=362)
