'Massive' response to Tobin appeal

Police say they had a 'massive' response to a Crimewatch appeal on serial killer Peter Tobin
12 April 2012

Police have said they had a "massive" response to a television appeal for more information on serial killer Peter Tobin.

The BBC Crimewatch appeal on Monday night featured a woman who claimed Tobin put something in her drink before assaulting her in a Glasgow tenement in 1968.

She contacted police after recognising a magazine photo of the 63-year-old in his younger years.

Tobin is serving three life sentences for the murders of schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton, 15, 18-year-old Dinah McNicol and 23-year-old Angelika Kluk.

Detective Superintendent David Swindle, who is from Strathclyde Police and is leading the UK-wide investigation into Tobin's past, said: "As a result of the appeals both through last night's Crimewatch programme and other publicity, we have gathered a massive amount of information relating to Peter Tobin.

"This information is currently being assessed to gather further details on other crimes this serial killer may have been responsible for."

Police set up Operation Anagram after the rape and murder of Polish student Ms Kluk at a Glasgow church in 2006.

They followed a trail to the garden of Tobin's former home in Margate, Kent, where they unearthed the bodies of Dinah and Vicky two years later.

Detectives are still piecing together information on his whereabouts over the years to establish whether he can be linked to or ruled out of other crimes.

Mr Swindle said: "We've had information about Peter Tobin, what Peter Tobin may have done, information from potential victims, information about missing people and all sorts of things that we need to help find out the truth about what Tobin has done."

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