Peter Manuel

**Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel** (13 Maris 1927 - 11 Yuli 1958) ya kasance Mai kisan gilla na Scotland wanda aka yanke masa hukuncin kisa da kisan mutane bakwai a fadin Lanarkshire da kudancin Scotland tsakanin 1956 da kama shi a watan Janairun 1958, kuma an yi imanin cewa ya kashe wasu biyu. Kafin kama shi, kafofin watsa labarai sun ba da sunan mai kisan gilla "Beast of Birkenshaw". An rataye Manuel a gidan yarin Barlinnie na Glasgow; shi ne fursuna na biyu zuwa na karshe da ya mutu a kan gungumen Barlinnia.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Peter Manuel ga iyayen Scotland a Birnin New York; iyalin suka koma Detroit, Michigan kafin su koma Scotland a 1932. Wannan ya kasance da farko zuwa Glasgow amma daga bisani zuwa Coventry a Ingila inda Peter ya fara shiga matsala tare da doka yana da shekaru 12 a kan tuhume-tuhumen da suka fara daga sata zuwa hari mara kyau. Ya tsere daga borstal sau goma. A shekara ta 1946 iyalin suka koma Scotland zuwa Lanarkshire" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Birkenshaw, North Lanarkshire">Birkenshaw, Lanarkshire kudu da Glasgow.[1] A lokacin yarinta, an zalunci Manuel. Lokacin da yake da shekaru goma, 'yan sanda na yankin sun san shi da ɗan ɓarawo. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 16, ya aikata jerin hare-haren jima'i wanda ya haifar da yin shekaru tara a gidan yarin Peterhead. A shekara ta 1955, ya samu nasarar kare kansa a kan zargin fyade a Kotun Sheriff ta Airdrie .￼

## Kisan kai
An yanke wa Manuel hukunci a shekara ta 1958 na kisan mutane bakwai. An fitar da shari'ar daya a kansa daga kotu; wani, wanda aka aikata a Ingila, an danganta shi da shi.

### Anne Kneilands
A ranar 2 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1956, Manuel ya bi Kneilands a filin golf na East Kilbride (yanzu an cire shi) a yankin Calderwood,  ya yi mata fyade, kuma ya buge ta har ta mutu da tsawon ƙarfe. Kodayake 'yan sanda sun tambaye shi game da kisan, kuma ya furta shi bayan shekaru biyu, Manuel ya tsere wa kama lokacin da mahaifinsa ya ba shi hujja. An tuhume shi da wannan kisan kai a shekara ta 1958, amma an bar karar saboda rashin isasshen shaida.

### Marion Watt, Vivienne Watt, da Margaret Brown
Manuel ya harbe Marion, 'yarta Vivienne, da' yar'uwarta Margaret a gidansu a Burnside, Lanarkshire a ranar 17 ga Satumba 1956. A lokacin kisan, Manuel ya fita a kan beli saboda Kashewa gida a wani ma'adinai da ke kusa, kuma jami'an da ke kula da farautar mai kisan Watts sun zarge shi. Koyaya, na wani lokaci babban wanda ake zargi shi ne mijin Marion, William, wanda ya kasance a hutu na kamun kifi a Ardrishaig amma ana zarginsa da tuki kusan kilomita 90 cikin dare, ya yi kama da fashewa zuwa gidansa, ya kashe iyalinsa, kuma ya dawo. Mai jirgin ruwa a kan Renfrew Ferry ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya gan shi a cikin jirgin ruwa da daddare (ko da yake wannan ba hanya ce mafi kai tsaye ba), kuma wani direban mota ya yi iccirarin ya wuce shi a Loch Lomondside. Shaidu biyu sun dauke shi daga jerin 'yan sanda. An kama William Watt kuma an tsare shi a kurkuku a Barlinnie, sannan aka sake shi watanni biyu bayan 'yan sanda sun fahimci cewa ba za su iya yin shari'ar da aka yi masa ba, kuma mai jirgin ya zama kamar ya rikice game da irin motar da ya tuka.

'Yan sanda ba su sami wani dalili mai tsanani wanda zai iya haifar da Watt ya kashe iyalinsa ba kodayake ya bayyana cewa yana da al'amuran da yawa a lokacin aurensa. 'Yan sanda sun bincika Crinan Canal kusa da otal ɗin inda Watt ya zauna, suna neman makamin kisan kai da tufafin jini, amma makamin yana cikin wani ruwa a kudu. An tabbatar da cewa matakin man fetur a cikin motar Watt bai fadi ba yayin da ake zarginsa da dare, don haka 'yan sanda sun tambayi tashoshin man fetur da ke kan hanya don ganin ko ya cika man fetur. Har ma sun yi hasashen cewa yana iya samun asirin man fetur kuma ya bincika hanyar don shi. Watt ya kasance babban wanda ake zargi har sai kisan dangin Smart a 'yan mil kawai lokacin da' yan sanda suka fahimci cewa akwai mai kisan gilla a kan hanyar. A shari'ar Manuel, masu kare sun yi jayayya cewa Watt ya kashe danginsa.

### Sydney Dunn
An yi imanin cewa Manuel ya harbe kuma ya kashe direban taksi na Newcastle a kan Tyne mai suna Sydney Dunn, a ranar 8 ga Disamba 1957 yayin da yake neman aiki a Newcastle. An gano jikin Dunn a kan moorlands a County Durham  ba da daɗewa ba, a wannan lokacin Manuel ya riga ya koma Lanarkshire. Ba a taɓa gwada Manuel ba saboda wannan kisan kamar yadda ya faru a cikin wani iko na shari'a daban, amma kwanaki 17 bayan an rataye shi wani juri na mai binciken ya kammala cewa Manuel ya kashe Dunn bayan maɓallin da aka samu a cikin taksi na Dunn ya dace da ɗaya daga cikin jakarsa.

An yarda da wannan hukunci a cikin asusun da yawa na shari'ar, amma an nuna wasu shakku. Akwai wasu alamun cewa mai kisan gilla na iya zama mutum ne na yankin, ko kuma yana iya fitowa daga jirgin ruwa na Irish wanda ya isa kwanan nan a tashar Newcastle. Shaidu biyu da suka yi magana da mai kisan sun zaɓi Manuel a wani fareti na ainihi, daya daga cikinsu da farko ya ce mai kisan yana da harshen gida, amma lokacin da aka ba shi shawarar cewa mai kisan na iya fitowa daga jirgin ruwa na Irish ya ce yana da harshen Irish, kuma Manuel yana da harshen Scotland. Manuel tabbas ya halarci hira da aiki a Newcastle kwana biyu kafin wannan kisan, amma ba a bayyana cewa ya rataye a yankin ba.

## Manazarta