In Great Britain, they caught the killer of a pensioner who had been hiding from justice for more than 20 years. About it informs Metro.
The London Police Department managed to solve a murder in a robbery attempt and detain the criminal thanks to the traces of the criminal’s DNA discovered in 2021 on the handle of the victim’s bag.
According to the investigation, Junior Young, who was 18 years old at the time of the crime, together with an accomplice attacked 86-year-old Hilda Lorket on April 30, 2001. Young men beat an elderly woman, took away her purse with 15 pounds sterling, a shopping bag and a bus pass. Lorket was taken from the hospital with a traumatic brain injury and a broken leg. She died two weeks later, never recovering from her trauma and psychological shock.
The investigation quickly came to a standstill for lack of evidence. However, Young was a suspect in the case and was detained several weeks after the attack, but was then released without charge.
Experts managed to obtain new data only in 2021 – a trace of Young’s DNA was found on the handle of the deceased’s bag. In court, the man completely denied his guilt. He stated that his DNA could have entered the bag by accident, as “there were many robberies in the area where he lived at the time.”
“Are you trying to convince us that somehow you came into contact with the perpetrator, and he transferred your biological material to the victim’s bag?” – Asked Young the prosecutor, to which he replied that it is “quite possible.”
Young is currently in custody on charges of robbery and manslaughter. The jury has already found him guilty unanimously. The verdict will be delivered on December 20.
Earlier it was reported that in Scotland it was possible to solve a murder committed more than 35 years ago. The killer’s DNA was found on the victim’s robe, after which the perpetrator was identified and arrested.
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