An inquest into the death of a serial killer at Broadmoor Hospital begins today.

Daniel Gonzalez, 27, was convicted at the Old Bailey in 2006 of stabbing four people to death, and attempting to murder two others during a random killing spree.

Gonzalez, of Woking, Surrey, died at Broadmoor Hospital in August 2007.

The inquest, being held before a jury, is taking place at the Guildhall, Windsor and is due to last two days.

Over three days in September 2004, Gonzalez killed Derek Robinson, 76, and his wife Jean, 68, from Highgate, north London; Kevin Molloy, 46, who died in Tottenham, north London; and Marie Harding, 73, who was murdered near Worthing, West Sussex.

The two victims he failed to kill were Peter King, 61, in Portscreek, Portsmouth, and Koumis Constantino, 59, in Hornsey, north London.