Robert Mone
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Robert Francis Mone is a Scottish
convicted murderer.
Mone was born in Dundee
and grew up with his parents and two sisters. He claims to have had a dysfunctional home life and traumatic childhood. In 1964 he was expelled from St John's RC High School
. He then joined the Gordon Highlanders and served with them in West Germany
. He returned to Dundee with depression and began to drink heavily.
On 1 November 1967, armed with a shotgun
, he entered a girls' needlework class at St John's School and subjected the 14–15-year-old pupils and their pregnant teacher, Nanette Hanson, to a 1½-hour ordeal, before shooting Hanson dead and raping one girl and sexually assaulting another.
In 1976, Mone and his lover Thomas McCulloch broke out of Carstairs Hospital
, murdering another inmate and a male nurse in the process and also killing a police officer before being recaptured.
Scotland
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convicted murderer.
Mone was born in Dundee
Dundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
and grew up with his parents and two sisters. He claims to have had a dysfunctional home life and traumatic childhood. In 1964 he was expelled from St John's RC High School
St John's RC High School
St John's RC High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Dundee, Scotland by Dundee City Council. It was founded early in 1931 by The Marist Brothers, a group of monks dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The school had 8 houses named after abbeys in Scotland: Balmerino, Melrose, Jedburgh,...
. He then joined the Gordon Highlanders and served with them in West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
. He returned to Dundee with depression and began to drink heavily.
On 1 November 1967, armed with a shotgun
Shotgun
A shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug...
, he entered a girls' needlework class at St John's School and subjected the 14–15-year-old pupils and their pregnant teacher, Nanette Hanson, to a 1½-hour ordeal, before shooting Hanson dead and raping one girl and sexually assaulting another.
In 1976, Mone and his lover Thomas McCulloch broke out of Carstairs Hospital
State Hospital for Scotland and Northern Ireland
The State Hospital for Scotland and Northern Ireland is a psychiatric hospital providing care and treatment in conditions of high security for around 140 patients from Scotland and Northern Ireland who need to be detained in hospital under conditions of special security that can only be provided...
, murdering another inmate and a male nurse in the process and also killing a police officer before being recaptured.