John Wayne Glover

John Wayne Glover (26 November 1932 – 9 September 2005) was an English-Australian serial killer convicted of the murders of six elderly women, including Winifreda, Lady Ashton, widow of the English-Australian impressionist painter Sir Will Ashton, on Sydney's North Shore. Over a 14-month period in 1989-1990, Glover killed six elderly women, for which he was dubbed in the press as the "Granny Killer". Following his arrest in 1990, he admitted to the murders and was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He committed suicide by hanging himself in prison on 9 September 2005.