Witness was ‘threatened’ at ‘Babes in the Wood’ trial

A defence witness at the first trial of accused double killer Russell Bishop told how she was threatened by locals as ‘feelings ran high’ in the community, a court heard. Bishop, 52, is said to have murdered nine-year-old best friends Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway in Brighton in 1986. He was found not guilty of the ‘terrible crime’ in December 1987 following a trial at Lewes Crown Court. But the Court of Appeal quashed those acquittals after prosecutors claimed new…