Talk:Robert Napper

'Green chain rapist'
I changed "suspected" of being the 'Green chain rapist' to "believed", and then found a report on The Times website which says "He was the Green Chain rapist". So have I been too circumspect? Philip Cross (talk) 15:34, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Some doubt he committed all of the rapes. More careful sources don't seem to link all the cases in the so-called series. I changed to "believed to have committed most or all. Napper seems to be the only one who knows how many in the series he committed, and he refuses to speak until scientific evidence for his guilt is put to him. The first six rapes were already admitted to by him, as the article says. I think the article's as close to accurate as it can be as it is.--Phil of rel (talk) 23:31, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Place of birth
Where was he born? F W Nietzsche (talk) 18:06, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Strictly speaking, a maternity hospital in Erith, but that is too vague, so I have just added 'Erith'. Philip Cross (talk) 18:27, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Paranoid schizophrenia
Seems to me the police are still getting it wrong: From the BBC news website

"Earlier, the court had heard psychiatrists believed Napper had paranoid schizophrenia and Asperger's syndrome"

This is not possible! You have one or the other. The DSM-IV criteria state that a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome should not be proceeded with if a diagnosis of schizophrenia has been made. Ergo belief in this case is not fact. Soarhead77 (talk) 10:33, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Depends how heavily the DSM is used in the UK. Philip Cross (talk) 15:33, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * This is not true. You can be diagnosed as both; it is just you must have psychosis. You can't be diagnosed based on negative symptoms alone if you're Autistic. Andrea Carter (at your service &#124; my good deeds) 13:41, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The ICD-10 is the only diagnostic method used in the UK in almost all cases, so it is possible to be both diagnosed as a schizophrenic and be diagnosed as having Asperger's Syndrome.--Phil of rel (talk) 16:44, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Not a serial killer
If he's killed three, but one was manslaughter, that's not a serial killer. At least not without a good reference. At the moment there isn't one. He doesn't kill 'for psychological gratification', just because he is mentally disturbed in a different way. Malick78 (talk) 22:59, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Even if all 3 are proved to be murders then he still wouldn't be a serial killer. This is because 2 of the murders occurred in the same incident.

To be classified as a serial killer, a subject has to have killed on 3 separate occasions with a cooling off period in between each murder. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.34.225.189 (talk) 01:02, 28 September 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅ - not a serial killer because he killed in two incidents. Three separate incidents of killing is the minimum requirement to be classified as a serial killer. Jim Michael (talk) 08:06, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

The Infobox for this article when you search it on Wikipedia says Napper's an "English murderer and criminal"
Was just wondering if this could be updated to say Napper is a "serial killer and criminal" as the current info is inaccurate.--Phil of rel (talk) 23:27, 25 December 2022 (UTC)