Early Life
Born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, Hardy had an apparently uneventful childhood and excelled in school and college, particularly in engineering in which he earned a degree from at Imperial College London.
He married and fathered three sons and one daughter, but his wife divorced him in 1986, accusing him of domestic violence. In 1982 Hardy had been arrested in Tasmania for trying to drown his wife, but the charges were later dropped.
After the divorce, Hardy spent time in mental hospitals, diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He lived in various hostels in London, picking up convictions for theft and being drunk and disorderly. He was arrested in 1998 when a prostitute accused him of raping her, but the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.
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