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06/10/2008
Life In Jail For Modern 'Ripper'
A man, who stalked the streets made famous by Jack the Ripper, has been passed down a life sentence at the Old Bailey, after being found guilty of murdering two young mothers.
Forty-seven year old serial sex attacker Derek Brown denied murdering Xiao Mei Guo, 29, and Bonnie Barrett, 24, whose bodies have never been found.
On Friday the court ruled Mr Brown had picked up his victims in the Whitechapel area, famously prowled by Jack the Ripper in the 1880s.
He then took them back to his flat in Rotherhithe, east London.
Police believe the man may have tried to emulate Jack the Ripper.
The judge ordered Mr Brown to serve a minimum term of 30 years.
According to friends the convicted rapist had expressed a desire to be "famous", leading police to believe he may have been on the verge on committing a killing spree, before he was arrested.
A nationwide investigation has now been launched into unsolved cases to assess whether there could be any links to Mr Brown.
During the trial the court heard Mr Brown was a convicted rapist and a serial sex attacker who was a suspect in another murder case outside London.
Over the past two decades he was identified by victims in five other rape cases.
(PR/JM)
Forty-seven year old serial sex attacker Derek Brown denied murdering Xiao Mei Guo, 29, and Bonnie Barrett, 24, whose bodies have never been found.
On Friday the court ruled Mr Brown had picked up his victims in the Whitechapel area, famously prowled by Jack the Ripper in the 1880s.
He then took them back to his flat in Rotherhithe, east London.
Police believe the man may have tried to emulate Jack the Ripper.
The judge ordered Mr Brown to serve a minimum term of 30 years.
According to friends the convicted rapist had expressed a desire to be "famous", leading police to believe he may have been on the verge on committing a killing spree, before he was arrested.
A nationwide investigation has now been launched into unsolved cases to assess whether there could be any links to Mr Brown.
During the trial the court heard Mr Brown was a convicted rapist and a serial sex attacker who was a suspect in another murder case outside London.
Over the past two decades he was identified by victims in five other rape cases.
(PR/JM)
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