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21/06/00 - Nazi nailbomber
faked madness to avoid jail, But killer found Broadmoor
worse
The Mirror
NAZI nailbomber David Copeland faked mental illness
to get into Broadmoor - but then found it worse than
prison, a court heard yesterday.
After being moved, he pleaded with doctors at the top-security
hospital to return him to jail, it was alleged.
Copeland, 24, who killed three people with a bomb left
in a Soho pub, told Broadmoor psychiatrist Dr Andrew
Payne: "I am a sane man. I'm a Nazi who likes killing
people. I have no remorse." He was originally held
at London's tough Belmarsh prison following his arrest
last year for the nailbomb attacks.
But he was moved to Broadmoor after telling doctors
that God had chosen him to spark a race war by targeting
blacks, Asians and gays.
Inmates at Belmarsh had suggested to him that he try
for a transfer, the Old Bailey heard.
Copeland allegedly told doctors: "I didn't know
what it was like. Now I think it's a hundred times worse
than prison and I want to go back.
"I told people what they wanted to hear. I like
tricking and confusing people."
Three people died when Copeland, of Cove, Hants planted
a nailbomb at the Admiral Duncan gay pub in Soho in
April last year. Pregnant bride Andrea Dykes, 27, died
along with John Light, 32, the best man at her wedding
and Nicholas Moore, 31, a gay pal.
Copeland also injured 50 people with devices in Brixton
and Brick Lane.
He denies murder but admits manslaughter on the grounds
of diminished responsibility.
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