Necrophilia—most offensive of offences, but no one prosecuted
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 12:11
in Psychology & Sociology
No case of necrophilia has ever come before UK courts, although British awareness of the offence is high - and was further raised by some of the most distressing revelations about Jimmy Savile's activities. It is also of one the dark themes of current BBC TV series Rillington Place, dramatising the crimes of 1940s mass murderer John Reginald Christie.