Camera strap ‘nails burglar for double murder 30 years ago’

A prolific burglar murdered an elderly woman and her brother when they suffered heart attacks as he raided their home nearly 30 years ago, a court heard. Danville Neil, 65, tied up and beat Anne Castle, 74, and William Bryan, 71, in Bethnal Green, east London on the night of August 22 1993. Mrs Castle suffered a heart attack and Mr Bryan went into cardiac arrest when Neil smothered him, jurors heard. Neil had ‘many convictions’ recorded against him for…