Facing a life sentence for the murder of his man 40 years ago

A killer who stole a dead man’s identity after he stabbed a Polish divorcee to death on his doorstep is finally facing a life sentence nearly 40 years after the murder. Paul Bryan, 62, told police it was ‘like a nightmare’ when he was arrested for the murder of 63-year-old Roman Szalajko at a Stansted Aiport last November. He was linked to the crime after a cold case review in 2013 traced his fingerprint on a bottle of Polish mead…

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