country alias birth_place penalty birth_date victims beginyear birthname article_title endyear name apprehended
england the sunderland strangler sunderland life imprisonment -lrb- min . 35 years -rrb- 1970 4 + 26 may 1990 steven john grieveson steven grieveson
 25 february 1994 steven grieveson 11 march 1994
steven grieveson

steven john grieveson -lrb- born 1970 -rrb- is an english serial killer who was convicted on 28 february 1996 of the murders of three teenage boys in the city of sunderland , tyne and wear from 1993 to 1994 .
it was ascertained at his trial that grieveson murdered the boys in order to conceal his homosexuality .
he was subsequently ordered to serve at least 35 years for the three murders .
