Life sentence for horror attack on City analyst

A gardener who left a City business analyst in a permanent coma after a ‘cowardly and sadistic’ knife attack has been jailed for life. Barry Peacham, 26, stabbed Qingqing Rao, 29, in the head and between the legs before grabbing her handbag as she walked home through Castle Green Park, Dagenham, east London. The victim, who was minutes away from her home when she was attacked, remains in a permanent vegetative state and is unlikely to ever recover. Peacham had…