Hard man of Belfast ‘Hannibal Lecter’ dies

ONE of Belfast’s hardest criminals, dubbed Hannibal Lecter after the flesh-eating screen character, has died, apparently from suicide.

The body of Charles Conlon, a 37-year-old from north Belfast, was found close to a railway line on the outskirts of the city.

Conlon, who has spent much of the last 20 years behind bars, was given his nickname after repeatedly attacking, and biting, prison officers and fellow inmates.