Robert Black (mai kisan kai)

Ba da daɗewa ba, Black ya koma Grangemouth, inda ya zauna tare da ma'aurata tsofaffi kuma ya yi aiki ga kamfanin samar da gine-gine. Ya fara soyayya da wata budurwa da ya sadu da ita a kulob din matasa na yankin. Wannan ita ce kawai budurwa da aka sani, kuma sun kasance tare da watanni da yawa.[17] A cewar Black, ya nemi wannan mace ta aure shi, kuma ya yi baƙin ciki lokacin da ta kawo karshen dangantakarsu ba zato ba tsammani, a wani bangare saboda abubuwan da ya saba da su na jima'i.[16]

A shekara ta 1966, masu mallakar Black sun gano cewa ya lalata da jikokin su mai shekaru tara a duk lokacin da ta ziyarci gidansu. Sun kore shi amma ba su sanar da 'yan sanda ba, suna so su kare jikinsu daga ci gaba da rauni.[18] Black ya rasa aikinsa ba da daɗewa ba, kuma ya koma Kinlochleven, inda ya zauna tare da ma'aurata waɗanda ke da 'yar shekara shida.

### Hukuncin Borstal
A cikin shekara guda, masu mallakar Black sun sanar da 'yan sanda cewa ya yi lalata da' yaransu akai-akai. Ya yi ikirarin aikata laifuka uku na cin zarafin yaro kuma an yanke masa hukuncin shekara guda a Polmont Borstal a Brightons, wata cibiyar da ta kware a horar da kuma farfadowa da manyan matasa masu laifi. Kodayake daga baya ya yi magana da yardar rai game da kowane bangare na ƙuruciyarsa da ƙurucijinsa - gami da cin zarafin jima'i da ya sha a gidan kula da Red House - ya ki tattauna Polmont Borstal bayan ya ce ya yi rantsuwa da cewa ba za a sake ɗaure shi ba; wannan ya haifar da hasashe cewa ana iya zalunta shi a can.[20]

## Komawa zuwa London
A watan Satumbar 1968, watanni shida bayan an sake shi daga Polmont Borstal, Black ya koma London, inda ya fara samun masauki a wani gado kusa da Tashar King's Cross.[21] Tsakanin 1968 da 1970, ya tallafa wa kansa ta hanyar ayyuka daban-daban - sau da yawa na yau da kullun.[22] Ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan ya kasance a matsayin mai tsaron rai a wani tafkin yin iyo na Hornsey, inda aka kore shi ba da daɗewa ba saboda ya taɓa yarinya; ba a kawo tuhuma ba.￼

Ta hanyar hulɗa da ya sadu a kantin sayar da littattafai na King's Cross, Black ya fara tattara Hotunan batsa na yara.[23] Da farko, yawancin waɗannan kayan suna cikin mujallu da tsarin hoto, kodayake daga baya ya faɗaɗa wannan kayan don haɗawa da bidiyo da ke nuna Cin zarafin yara. Kamar yadda Black ya kasance mai daukar hoto mai son, wani lokacin yana daukar hotunan yara a asirce (yawanci 'yan mata tsakanin takwas zuwa goma sha biyu)  a wuraren jama'a kamar wuraren wanka; ya adana waɗannan hotuna tare da kayan batsa a cikin jakunkuna da aka kulle.[25][26][22]

Black ya saba zuwa Three Crowns, wani mashaya na Stoke Newington, inda ya zama sananne a matsayin ƙwararren ɗan wasan darts.[27] A can kuma ya sadu da ma'aurata na Scotland, Edward da Kathy Rayson . A shekara ta 1972, ya koma cikin ɗakinsu a kusa da Stamford Hill.[28] Raysons sun dauki Black a matsayin mai alhakin ko kuma mai zaman kansa wanda bai ba su dalilin yin korafi ba fiye da rashin tsabta. Sun yi zargin Black na kallon kayan batsa, amma ba su da masaniya cewa na iya zama lalata da yara. Black ya kasance mai masaukin su har sai an kama shi a watan Yulin 1990.[29]

### Ayyukan tuki na nesa
Don kara girmansa na aiki na yau da kullun, a tsakiyar shekarun 1970 Black ya sayi fararen Fiat van don ba shi damar yin tuki don rayuwa.[31] A shekara ta 1976, Black ya sami aiki na dindindin a matsayin direban motar don Poster, Dispatch da Storage Ltd,  wani kamfani na Hoxton wanda rundunarsa ta ba da posters - yawanci suna nuna taurari masu yawa - da tallace-tallace a Burtaniya da Turai.[32] Ga ma'aikatansa, Black ma'aikaci ne mai hankali wanda yake shirye ya kai ga isar da wasu daga cikin ma'aikatan da ya yi aure ba su so.

Yayinda yake aiki a matsayin direba, Black ya haɓaka cikakken ilimin yawancin hanyoyin sadarwa na Burtaniya,  daga baya ya ba shi damar kwace yara a duk faɗin ƙasar kuma ya zubar da jikinsu daruruwan mil daga wurin da aka sace su. [34] Don rage damar da shaidu suka gano shi, Black sau da yawa yana daidaita bayyanarsa ta hanyar haɓaka gemu ko bayyana mai tsabta, kuma a wasu lokuta yana aske kansa gaba ɗaya. Black kuma ya mallaki fiye da nau'i-nau'i na tabarau, kuma zai sa nau'i biyu daban-daban daga waɗanda yake sawa a kai a kai yayin sace yara.[35] Ya kuma rufe windows na baya na motar sa da baƙar fata.

## Kisan kai na farko

### Jennifer Cardy
Kisan farko da aka tabbatar da Black ya aikata shi ne na Jennifer Cardy mai shekaru tara, wanda aka sace, aka yi masa fyade kuma aka kashe shi a ranar 12 ga watan Agusta 1981.  Mahaifiyarta ce ta ga Cardy a karfe 1:40 na yamma yayin da ta yi tafiya zuwa gidan aboki a Ballinderry, County Antrim; ba ta taɓa zuwa ba.&nbsp;

Bayan sa'o'i, an gano keken Cardy kasa da mil daga gidanta, an rufe shi da rassa da ganye. Matsayin keken ya sauka, yana nuna cewa ta dakatar da keken ta don tattaunawa da wanda ya sace ta. Binciken da masu sa kai 200 suka taimaka bai sami wani abu ba.[38] 

Kwanaki shida bayan haka, masu kamun kifi biyu sun gano jikin Cardy a cikin wani tafki kusa da wani wuri a Hillsborough, kilomita 16 (26  daga gidanta. Wani likitan cututtuka ya lura da alamun cin zarafin jima'i a jikin Cardy da tufafinsa;  Binciken gawa ya kammala cewa ta mutu ne sakamakon nutsewa - mai yiwuwa tare da maƙurewa.  Tsaro da take sawa ya tsaya a karfe 5:40 na yamma.&nbsp;

Yanayin gawar a kusa da babbar hanyar arterial tsakanin Belfast da Dublin ya sa 'yan sanda su yi zargin cewa mai kisan ta ya saba da yankin. Gidan da aka gano jikinta yana kusa da hanyar da direbobi masu nisa ke amfani da ita,  kuma ana iya ganin shi ne kawai daga yadudduka daga wurin da aka ajiye, yana nuna cewa mai kisan ta na iya tafiya sosai a kan wannan hanyar.

### Susan Maxwell
Wanda aka tabbatar da shi na biyu na Black shine Susan Claire Maxwell mai shekaru 11, wanda ke zaune a Cornhill-on-Tweed a gefen Ingila na iyakar Anglo-Scottish. An sace Maxwell a ranar 30 ga Yulin 1982 yayin da ta koma gida daga wasan tennis a Coldstream .  An gan ta na karshe da rai a karfe 4:30 na yamma,  tana haye gadar a kan Kogin Tweed, kuma an yi imanin cewa Black ya sace ta minti daya daga baya. [47][31]&nbsp;

Kashegari an fara bincike. An yi amfani da Karnuka masu bincike, kuma a mafi girma an sanya jami'ai 300 na cikakken lokaci; an yi bincike mai zurfi na kowane dukiya a duka Cornhill da Coldstream da kuma sama da murabba'in kilomita 80 na ƙasa. Mutane da yawa sun ba da rahoton cewa sun ga fararen van a cikin yankin; wani ya ce an ajiye motar a cikin ƙofar filin daga A697.[48]

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