Jailed for killing almost half a century ago

A pensioner who sexually assaulted a teenager at his own wedding has been jailed for ten and a half years for to a killing a woman almost half a century ago. The body of Eileen Cotter, 22, was found in front of a block of garages behind Hamilton Park, Highbury, north London, on 1 June 1974. John Apelgren, who is now 80, but then 31, had sex with her in his car, strangled her and then pushed her body out…

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