Accused killer will not return to the dock

The accused ‘Babes in the Wood’ killer was branded a ‘cowardly paedophile’ after he refused to return to court as his trial draws to a close. Russell Bishop, 52, is said to have sexually assaulted and strangled nine-year-old best friends Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway in Wild Park, in Brighton, on 9 October 1986. He walked free after being cleared of the killings in December 1987 after a trial at Lewes Crown Court. But the former labourer was jailed for…