‘Babes in Wood’ killer set to die behind bars

The ‘Babes in the Wood’ killer Russell Bishop faces death behind bars after advances in DNA testing reversed one of the longest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. More than 32 years ago Bishop, 52, led nine-year-old best friends Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway to Wild Park in Brighton where he sexually assaulted and strangled them both before hiding their bodies in dense woodland. The girls were found huddled together in a den in the undergrowth on the afternoon…

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