Gay pub nailbomber's sick penpal pleas to Scots prisoners

Nazi nail bomber David Copeland has been writing to Scottish prisoners begging them to find him teenage girls as pen pals.

Copeland is serving six life sentences for murdering three people and injuring 139 in a reign of terror nine years ago. The 30-year-old homophobe and racist planted a series of home-made bombs targeting gay and ethnic communities. Now the Brixton Bomber, who admired Hitler and Saddam Hussein, is writing to Scottish inmates, moaning about life in jail.

In one letter, the neo-Nazi begs a Scot accused of attempted murder to find him a pretty young pen pal. In the letter, written before last month's ruling that Copeland will serve at least 50 years before he is considered for parole, he says: "I ain't had a girl for five years, only 25 to go. I wouldn't have to wait that long if the patriotic community got their fingers out and done something."

He then launches into a vile attack on Jews, adding: "Well life's a bitch, trust me to pick the losing side. Sorry to sound such a pessimist but the truth is the truth, the Aryans are finished."

The triple killer then asks his pen pal: "Do you know any attractive girls who would like to write to me?"

Copeland, a member of the National Socialist Movement, was caged in 2000 for a 13-day killing spree across London in 1999. He planted a bomb in Brixton market in South London and, days later, he planted another home-made bomb in Brick Lane, hoping to kill Asians.

His most devastating bomb ripped through a gay pub in Soho, killing pregnant Andrea Dykes, 27, John Light, 32, and Nik Moore, 31. The wounded included a baby whose skull was impaled by a nail.

Copeland was held in the high-security Broadmoor hospital until 2004, where his mental state was assessed. He was moved to London's tough Belmarsh prison in 2004. Last month, it was ruled he will not be released until at least 2049.

Daily Record