‘Double killer murdered two girls – then struck again when he was cleared’

A labourer murdered two young girls more than 32 years ago and then tried to kill a seven-year-old after a jury cleared him, a court heard. Russell Bishop, 52, is standing trial again for sexually assaulting and strangling nine-year-old best friends Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway in Brighton, on 9 October 1986. Bishop was acquitted of the murders in December 1987 after a trial at Lewes Crown Court. New DNA evidence proves he was the killer – but before the…