Facts: - states: new south wales - beginyear: 1835 - penalty: death - victims: 10 - death date: 22 april 1842 - endyear: 1841 - country: australia - alias: the berrima axe murderer - birth date: c. 1813 - name: john lynch - apprehended: 21 february 1841 - birth place: cavan , ireland , - cause: execution by hanging Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john lynch -lrb- serial killer -rrb- .
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john lynch -lrb- circa .1813 -- 22 april 1842 -rrb- was an irish-born australian serial killer convicted of murder in the berrima , new south wales district .over a six year period in 1835 to 1841 , lynch was believed to kill ten persons .he was known as the berrima axe murderer .lynch was australia 's first serial killer .what makes him unusual is that he believed that god was protecting him while he robbed and murdered .