Please answer the following question: What key details about william macdonald -lrb- serial killer -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: william macdonald , -lrb- 17 june 1924 -- 12 may 2015 -rrb- , known as '' the -lrb- sydney -rrb- mutilator '' , was classed as australia 's first true serial killer . macdonald was born in liverpool , england in 1924 . between 1961 and 1962 macdonald terrorised sydney with a string of gruesome murders before being apprehended while working as a porter at melbourne 's spencer street railway station on 13 may 1963 . his modus operandi was to select his male victims at random -lrb- mostly derelicts -rrb- , lure them into a dark place , violently stab them dozens of times about the head and neck with a long bladed knife , and finally sever their penis and testicles .
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- states is new south wales- death place is prince wales , australia of wales hospital , randwick , new south- beginyear is 1961- penalty is life imprisonment- victims is 5- death date is 12 may 2015- endyear is 1962- country is australia- alias is the -lrb- sydney -rrb- mutilator- birth date is 17 june 1924- name is william macdonald- apprehended is may 1963- birth place is liverpool , england , united kingdom- cause is abdominal perforation