Lawrence Bierton

Lawrence Bierton (born 1960) is an English convicted serial killer. In 1996, he was convicted of the double murder of two elderly sisters in Rotherham. In 2023 he was convicted of a third murder he committed while released on licence.

First crime
On 25 June 1995, 79 year old Aileen Dudill and her 72-year-old sister Elsie Gregory were murdered as they prepared cups of tea. They were bludgeoned and suffocated with their home robbed in a "burglary gone wrong". Bierton and his accomplice Michael Pluck then placed the sisters' bodies under a pile of burning furniture in their living room.

Bierton and Pluck were both jailed for life at Sheffield Crown Court in 1996.

Release and reimprisonment
Michael Pluck died in HMP Rye Hill on 13 February 2012. This was after failed appeals in 2002 and 2010.

Bierton was released from prison on licence in 2017. He was recalled to prison in 2018, but was released on licence again in 2020.

On 9 November 2021, Bierton battered his 73-year-old neighbour Pauline Quinn to death with her coffee table at her home in Rayton Spur in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The cause of death was traumatic head injuries. His abuse of drug and alcohol was considered by the prosecution to be a contributing factor.

In January 2023, the Probation Service released their review of the case. The local MP for Bassetlaw Brendan Clarke-Smith called for a public inquiry. On 20 December 2023, Bierton received a whole life sentence. The Probation Service apologised to the families for its failings.