Roger Panes

Roger Panes

Roger Panes (1933-1974), was a member of the Exclusive branch of the Plymouth Brethren. In 1974 he killed his wife and three children with an axe before hanging himself. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20030420/ai_n12740633 `We were strange, we were shunned, but there's little I would change' | Independent on Sunday, The | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ]

Life

Panes was a cattle dealer in Andover, Hampshire, England. In November 1973 he was "shut up," or shunned, by the other members of his church for wrongfully shunning another member. His family was encouraged to shun him in turn - he couldn't sleep with his wife or eat with the family. [ [http://www.culthelp.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=8 Cult Help and Information - Father Ostracised by Sect Axed Family to Death ] ]

In February 1974, Panes was taken to hospital having taken an overdose of tablets. He recovered; but, on March 4, 1974, he killed his wife Pamela, 39, his two sons Graham, 7, and Adrian, 4, and his daughter Angela, 6, as they slept in their beds. An axe was found covered in blood. He then hanged himself from the stair bannisters with an electrical cable. [ [http://www.culthelp.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=8 Cult Help and Information - Father Ostracised by Sect Axed Family to Death ] ]

A note was also found in the house::"There's never been such a wicked man. This house will have to be left empty or bulldozed. You go to the Brethren. I trust they will take you in. Cry to God for mercy for you all and the dear children. The Lord is coming very soon." [ [http://www.culthelp.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=8 Cult Help and Information - Father Ostracised by Sect Axed Family to Death ] ]

An inquest was held and a jury decided that Panes had killed his family while the "balance of his mind was disturbed."

References

ee also

David Hendricks - member of the Exclusive Brethren convicted and then acquitted of murdering his wife and three children.

External links

* [http://www.culthelp.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=8 Description of events]


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