ben moynihan, 18, was found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing the three women then taunting police with two notes in which he boasted how he loved to smell his victims' flesh  a teenager who wrote notes to police asking them to catch him has been jailed for 21 years   for the attempted murder of three women he stabbed because he was unable to lose his virginity ben moynihan, who is now 18, of portsmouth, hampshire, was found guilty by a jury at winchester crown court of the three charges following a week long trial the judge, mr justice jay, said moynihan suffered from an autism spectrum disorder and had a 'gross lack of empathy' sentencing moynihan, whom he described as 'dangerous', the judge told him: 'the offences were planned and premeditated 'the contents of your computers were as chilling as they were disturbing' the judge issued an extended licence of five years to be served on completion of the sentence and ordered the defendant to begin his prison term in a young offenders institution he also ordered a £20 victim surcharge to be paid the teenager, who was 17 at the time of the attacks, stabbed the three women, aged 20, 45 and 67, with a 45 inch kitchen knife, aiming for their hearts, as they walked alone in portsmouth in june and july last year to do so, he carried a steak knife on the streets of his home city up to ten times last summer before his arrest on july 13 when he was eventually caught, police body worn footage revealed him saying: 'you was lucky, i was hunting my fourth victim' and before carrying his crimes, he researched serial killers including moors murderer ian brady, the muswell hill murderer dennis nilsen and american jeffrey dahmer kerry maylin, prosecuting, said moynihan, who called himself the 'unhappy geezer', left two letters for police confessing to his crimes in which he stated that 'all women need to die' and that he liked to smell the 'flesh he had ripped out' the letter, left on a police van, said: 'all women needs to die and hopefully next time i can gouge their eyeballs out 'every time i stab someone i run home and i like to smell the flesh i ripped out come and arrest me for god sake before i hunt for my fourth victim' in moynihan's first letter to police (pictured) he labelled himself 'the unhappy geezer' and claimed to roam the streets 'hungry for blood and pain' his second letter was less cryptic   he attached a photo of himself which subsequently led to his arrest  at the bottom of the letter, moynihan included a photograph of himself he was arrested when police officers recognised him in the street from the picture and detained him another letter had a symbol from the tomb raider game on it it said: 'when women won't talk to you it's heartbreaking, why are they fussy with men nowadays' it continued: 'i roam these streets, hungry for blood and pain, i be greeted with attack, attack, attack, attack, dead, jolly good!' in a video found on his laptop, moynihan had filmed himself saying: 'i think every girl is a type of s***, they are fussy with men nowadays, they do not give boys like us a chance 'i am still a virgin, everyone is losing it before me, that's why you are my chosen target i just can't live in this flat, i have no future here so women, tell me how we should do this' ms maylin said he also kept what he called a 'diary of evil' which detailed the attacks, as well as a document listing his dreams, which included descriptions of violence against women and of killing a police officer stands guard at the scene of one of moynihan's stabbings in july last year  ms maylin added: 'ben moynihan had an incomprehensible fascination for killing and he would compare himself to serial killers' in a victim impact statement, the 20 year old victim said: 'in the days and weeks immediately after the attack, i felt very scared i couldn't go out on my own i just wanted to stay inside 'i often get flashbacks of that dreadful night and when i'm walking alone i have to keep looking back behind me just in case someone is there i don't trust strangers, i often look at where their hands are placed' the 67 year old woman said in her statement: 'i used to be a confident public speaker as part of my work but i feel i will never be able to do this again 'my life was completely turned upside down, i did not ask for this change, it was forced upon me by my attacker' in mitigation, robert bryan described moynihan as a 'young impressionable man' and pointed out that none of the injuries were life threatening injuries despite what he said in his videos another stabbing occurred in cosham, portsmouth pictured are forensics officers searching the scene  police comb through woodland in hilsea, portsmouth, following moynihan's june stabbing  police launched a public appeal in the wake of the stabbings in an attempt to hunt down moynihan  mr bryan said: 'when considering his behaviour he, having learnt that on the first occasion there were no life threatening injuries, at no stage thereafter did he increase the ferocity of his attacks or attempt to attack in some other way 'he had the intent but it may be that his heart wasn't quite into it he didn't carry out any of the matters the he set out to do in his video 'they were horrific to the victims but in fact he didn't go further that one stab as he ran past them which only caused superficial injuries' mr bryan also pointed out moynihan assisted police with a photograph of himself and approached them to say he was the man they were looking for moynihan, wearing a white long sleeved shirt with black suit trousers, showed no emotion as he was lead from the dock by two security guards
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ben moynihan, 18, was found guilty of attempted murder of three women . court heard how he stabbed them because he couldn't lose his virginity . he modelled himself on serial killers and sent boastful notes to police . moynihan wrote: 'hopefully next time i can gouge their eyeballs out every time i stab someone i run home and i like to smell the flesh i ripped out'. but he was soon easily caught after adding a picture of himself to a note . he recorded himself saying women were targets because he was a virgin 