He was well known to the neighbours who said he was so good with the three children, almost like a second father.

By the time police arrived, it was too late, and there was no way they could have anticipated the scene they were presented with. One reporter covering the story claimed at the time there was a definite atmosphere in the court and if any of the women could have gotten at Mcgreavy, they would have lynched him.

When she closed Clive would come to pick her up from work, beforehand they would usually have a few drinks whilst closing and then set off home to their three kids. He further mutilated their bodies with the pickaxe before impaling the three bodies on the spikes of a wrought iron fence in a neighbour's yard.

He was sacked from both jobs as a labourer and chef as a result of his attitude and affection for alcohol. This meant that David became a full-time babysitter for the family, whilst Elsie worked nightshifts at the bar, David would play with the children and put them to bed. And because we know of no reason as to why he behaved in that way, it would be impossible to treat him, to change his behaviour. Clive has more or less disappeared, not speaking out about the murders, choosing instead to live a private life. What caused a 21-year-old man with no history of serious crime to brutally take the lives of three children and impale their bodies on railings?Somewhere between 10:15 and 11:15 that night an already infuriated David lost his temper with the Ralph children. He used to play with the children, with the elder two, torment them and play with them and things like that, just like any normal person would. Clive lived in a two bedroom house on Gillam Street, Worcester, with his young wife Elsie, who was heavily pregnant with the couple’s third child.