As a baby Samantha constantly cried for her bottle, she would do this every night, he was used to caring for the children and was very good at it.

On Friday, 13 April 1973, Elsie Ralph was picked up from work by Clive, who had left home late, with the children all asleep. The hearing lasted only eight minutes because McGreavy pleaded guilty and there was no defence plea, no motive, and no case of diminished responsibility. It is one of many reasons the childrens' mother Dorothy Urry said she believes he should never be set free.

Immediately Elsie started to panic, hyperventilating, and a medic on scene gave her an injection to calm her down. After his arrest, his mother was interviewed and said that David was at his happiest when the family was stationed in Germany. After the murders he then mutilated their tiny bodies with a pickaxe and impaled them on a neighbour's fence.

The release of prisoners serving a life sentence is entirely a matter for the independent Parole Board. Although newspapers reported in 1973 that McGreavy and Elsie had had an affair, Elsie has denied this. He picked her up and swung her body against the wall numerous times and with such force that he shattered her skull. A source claims McGreavy is now in HMP Warren Hill, Suffolk, where he is believed to have been put on a Ministry of Justice pilot scheme to prepare lifers for freedom.It was suggested by one of the psychiatrists that there may have been a sexual motive behind this, but there was no question. Thus began a cycle of drifting from job to job, where he was inevitably sacked for his arrogance, attitude and often, his affection for alcohol. That is what I have been trying to figure out” One of Mcgreavy’s remand appearances at Worcester Magistrates Court. This led him to be transferred to HMP Warren Hill inSuffolk where he served the remainder of his sentence.

That in mind, he was subject to several disciplinary procedures, the final of which happened at RNAS Brawdy, a Royal Air Force station inSouth West Wales.His father, Thomas, was a sergeant in the British Army and the family moved frequently between different Army posts. The source claimed the way in which McGreavy is allegedly being prepared for release is "underhand". Several hours after his arrest, the normally arrogant and cocksure young man broke down during questioning, and admitted to killing the three children. When Elsie Ralph, young mother of three, began a clandestine affair with a younger man David McGreavy, she could have had no inkling of the horror this relationship would eventually bring into her life. I did the same to Dawn and then used a piece of curtain wire on Paul” – Mcgreavy during questioning.

After his release from the Navy the 20-year-old moved back in with his parents, who were living in Worcestershire .David was so good with the children, even his parents noticed, “Everyone who knew David knew that he loved children. Book was also carefully and professionally wrapt, was a very fast ship, and was in good condition as described. All his siblings would go on bike rides, have picnics, and even skiing depending on where they were at the time. When police arrested McGreavy he denied carrying out the gruesome murders but the the following afternoon, he snapped and confessed. The family needed more money, so when Samantha was seven months old Elsie got a job as a barmaid at The Punch Bowl Tavern.