Man, 92, convicted of murder in the UK’s longest-running cold case

Man, 92, convicted of murder in the UK’s longest-running cold case


A 92-year-old man on Monday was convicted of the rape and murder of a woman in southwestern England in what is thought to be the UK’s longest-running cold case ever to be solved.

A jury at Bristol crown court found Ryland Headley, then aged 34, guilty of attacking 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in June 1967.

“Louisa Dunne died in a horrifying attack carried out in the place where she should have felt safest — her own home,” prosecutor Charlotte Ream said. “For 58 years, this appalling crime went unsolved and Ryland Headley, the man we now know is responsible, avoided justice.”

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A jury at Bristol crown court found Ryland Headley, then aged 34, guilty of attacking 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in June 1967. Avon and Somerset Police/AFP via Getty Images

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