Briefly: Gay death charges

A FORMER soldier was remanded in custody by Horseferry Road magistrates in London, charged with five gay serial killings. Unemployed Colin Ireland, 39, of Southend, Essex, was charged with murdering Peter Walker, 45, Christopher Dunn, 37, and Perry Bradley, 35, between March and June of this year. He had already been accused of murdering Andrew Collier, 33, and Emanuel Spiteri, 42.