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Jeff Whittaker

Jeff Whittaker (b.1969) is a musician best known for his marriage to 1970s supergroupie Leda Strike, whom he was charged with killing in 1994.^[1] Whittaker is a grandson of diplomat Sir Randolph Whittaker KCMB DSO.

Early Life

Whittaker was raised by his grandparents. His teenage mother, Patricia Whittaker, was schizophrenic.^{[citation needed]} Whittaker never knew who his father was.^{[citation needed]} He was expelled from Gordonstoun School after drawing a knife on a member of staff.^{[citation needed]} He claims that his grandfather locked him in a shed for three days following his expulsion, a charge his grandfather denies.^[2] Whittaker ran away from home and lived rough for a period during his teens. He also claims to have worked as a gravedigger.^{[citation needed]}

Musical Career

Whittaker played guitar and wrote lyrics for a succession of thrash metal bands in the late 80s and early 90s, including Restorative Art, Devilheart and Necromantic.^[3][4]

Personal Life

In 1991 Whittaker met Leda Strike, ex-girlfriend of Jonny Rokeby and Rick Fantoni, who was working for the record company considering signing Necromantic.^{[citation needed]} Whittaker and Strike were married in 1992. In December of that year she gave birth to a son, Switch LaVey Bloom Whittaker.^[5] In 1993 Whittaker was sacked from Necromantic due to his drug abuse.^{[citation needed]}

When Leda Whittaker died of a heroin overdose in 1994, Whittaker was charged with her murder. He was found not guilty.^[6][7][8][9]

In 1995 Whittaker was re-arrested for assault and attempted kidnap of his son, who was in the custody of Whittaker’s grandparents. He received a suspended jail sentence for the assault on his grandfather.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998 Whittaker threatened a coworker with a knife and received a three-month jail sentence.^[10][11]

In 2002 Whittaker was jailed for preventing the lawful burial of a body. Karen Abraham, with whom he had been living, was found to have died of heart failure, but Whittaker had kept her body in their shared flat for a month.^[12][13][14]

In 2005 Whittaker was jailed for dealing crack cocaine.^[15]