Serial killer reappears in court

Peter Moore leaving court during his trial in 1996

A major security operation was in operation at a Welsh court for the appearance of serial killer Peter Moore.

Moore, serving four life sentences for murder, appeared in the dock flanked by five prison officers.

He is suing two people over the alleged disappearance of furnishings and other personal items from his home in Kinmel Bay, north Wales.

Moore was tagged the "gay serial killer" after killing four men in 1995, three of whom were homosexuals.

He chatted calmly with District Judge Charles Newman at Mold law courts before the case was adjourned to Leeds Crown Court - which will be closer to Wakefield Prison where he is imprisoned.

Dressed in a blue open-necked, short-sleeved blue shirt and jeans, he was handcuffed as he was brought up the stairs but then the handcuffs were taken off during the hearing, which lasted about 15 minutes.

Damages

The former north Wales cinema owner is claiming £50,000 damages for the items of furniture and other personal effects including cinema posters which he claimed had disappeared.

He is suing Lesley Bradshaw and Pauline Prydderch, neither of whom were present for the hearing.

The judge adjourned the hearing to Leeds in view of the "huge amount of public money" needed to get Moore to Mold.

"It is cheaper to move a judge than you," he said, and reserved the case to himself.

The judge warned Moore that he was unlikely to succeed with his current claim of £50,000 whatever the outcome of the hearing because he was claiming for the value of the goods as new rather than as second-hand items.