A 92-year-old Man, Ryland Headley, In The UK Set To Spend The Rest Of His Life In Jail After Being Sentenced For 20 Years Over 1967 R@pe And M#rder (DETAILS)

Man, 92, jailed for 1967 rape and murder of Louisa Dunne in Bristol. Ryland Headley, sentenced to minimum of 20 years after what is thought to be oldest cold case solved in modern English policing history.

The sentencing judge, Mr Justice Sweeting, told Ryland Headley that he would spend the rest of his life in prison for killing Louisa Dunne at her home in 1967.

It is thought to be the oldest cold case solved in modern English policing history and Headley is believed to be the oldest person in the UK to be convicted of murder.

After killing Dunne, who lived alone in the Easton area of Bristol, Headley left south-west England with his family and may have spent some time in London before moving to Ipswich in Suffolk.

He raped two women, aged 79 and 84, in their homes in Ipswich. He was convicted and originally jailed for life, but at an appeal doctors told the court the rapes arose due to sexual frustration arising from his marriage to an “ambitious and demanding” wife. The sentence was reduced and he spent only about two years in jail.

Sweeting told Headley: “You will never be released – you will die in prison.”