Revenge killer books life sentence

A killer who disguised himself as a builder before knifing his neighbour in ‘revenge’ for the unsolved murder of his brother is facing a life sentence. Stephen O’Rourke, 48, stabbed 38-year-old Rocky Djelal to death in a ‘savage’ attack outside the children’s playground in Southwark Park, southeast London, on Halloween 2018. O’Rourke blamed the victim for the killing of his brother Michael ‘Paddy’ O’Rourke, 21, in 2000, and grew increasingly paranoid that the culprit was after him next. The pair…

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