fame as a serial killer.

Ireland was heterosexual: he had been twice married to women, he pretended to be gay only to befriend potential victims. Ireland's murders were not sexually motivated. He was highly organised and carried a full murder kit of rope, handcuffs and a full change of clothes to each murder. After killing his victim he cleaned the flat of any forensic evidence linking him to the scene and stayed in the flat until morning in order to avoid arousing suspicion from leaving in the middle