Always True Crime27 Nov 2025

#236 - Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath - Part C (Stephanie Britton & Christopher Martin)

This is Part C of F of Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath, about the killing of Stephanie Britton and Christopher Martin.

On the night of Friday 11th of January 1974, inside the six-bedroomed home called ‘The Mercers’ on Hadley Green Road in Barnet, north-west London, the bodies of 58-year-old window Stephanie Britton and her 4-year-old grandson Christopher Martin were found. This was two of the additional eight murders that British serial killer Patrick MacKay was suspected of, but why would he deny it?

This series explores the killings he confessed to, and which he committed.

Location: ‘The Mercers’, Hadley Green Road, Barnet, London, UK, EN5
Date: Friday 11th of January 1974, time of killing between 8:30pm and 10pm
Victims: Stephanie Elizabeth Britton (was Nunn) & Christopher Jan Nicholas Martin
Culprit: Patrick David MacKay?

For Parts 1 to 4 covering the life of Patrick MacKay, his crimes, his trial and the three murders he was convicted of, check out Patrick MacKay: Two Sides of a Psychopath by True Crime Enthusiast

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