Very unusual case raises questions about how to predict would-be serial killers

WHILE the Papazian case is notorious for his diary of how killed a man, the case also raises questions about how society can predict — and prevent — would-be serial killers.

According to police records of Papazian’s criminal past, he reached almost 50 years of age before he committed this act of extreme violence.

Dr Ian O’Donnell, boss of University College Dublin’s Institute of Criminology, said: “If someone has a history of violence, then it is reasonable to assume they will continue.