What is Robert Black (serial killer)?
{{Infobox serial killer | name = Robert Black | image = | caption = Robert Black mugshot | birthname = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1947|04|21}} | birth_place = [[Grangemouth]], [[Scotland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|1|12|1947|04|21}} | death_place = [[HMP Maghaberry]], [[Northern Ireland]] | cause = | victims = 4+ | country = United Kingdom | states = | beginyear = ? | endyear = 26 March 1986 | apprehended = 14 July 1990 | penalty = [[Life imprisonment]] }} '''Robert Black''' (21 April 1947 &ndash; 12 January 2016) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[serial killer]] convicted of the [[kidnapping]] and [[murder]] of four girls between the ages of 5 and 11, between 1981 and 1986 in the United Kingdom. He was convicted of [[sexual assault|sexually assaulting]] one of the girls, and of [[rape|raping]] the other three. Black was also convicted of the kidnapping of a fifth girl, and the attempted kidnapping of a sixth. Black was born in [[Grangemouth]], [[Stirlingshire]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/black/part_2.html |title=Robert Black — The 'Dirty' Part — Crime Library on |publisher=Trutv.com |access-date=7 October 2011}}</ref> Black was arrested on 14 July 1990, near [[Stow, Scottish Borders|Stow]], Scotland. The following month, Black was convicted of abduction and was sentenced to [[life imprisonment]]. Black was attacked in his [[Wakefield prison]] cell in July 1995 after being ambushed by two inmates. Black died on 12 January 2016 of [[natural causes]] in [[HM Prison Maghaberry|Maghaberry prison]], Northern Ireland, aged 68.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-35296135|title=Robert Black: Convicted child killer dies in prison|date=12 January 2016 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Robert}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Categ