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Peter was imprisoned and questioned by the magistrates. During his interrogation, he implicated his daughter and mistress in the attacks, so they were arrested and imprisoned with him. The trial successfully convicted Peter of only 16 murders, although they suspected there were many more. He admitted to murdering 13 children, two men, and one woman. | Peter was imprisoned and questioned by the magistrates. During his interrogation, he implicated his daughter and mistress in the attacks, so they were arrested and imprisoned with him. The trial successfully convicted Peter of only 16 murders, although they suspected there were many more. He admitted to murdering 13 children, two men, and one woman. | ||
On 28 October 1589, Peter, Belle, and Katherine were pronounced guilty of murder and incest and condemned to death. Peter was sentenced to death by breaking on the wheel, with hot pincers slowly pulling off his flesh, before he was chopped to pieces with an axe. After his death, his head was removed and his body burned on 31 October. | On 28 October 1589, Peter, Belle, and his mistress Katherine were pronounced guilty of murder and incest and condemned to death. Peter was sentenced to death by breaking on the wheel, with hot pincers slowly pulling off his flesh, before he was chopped to pieces with an axe. After his death, his head was removed and his body burned on 31 October. | ||
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