A thief who caused two elderly siblings to have a heart attack after brutally beating them in their home has finally been brought to justice almost three decades later. Officers arrested Danville Neil in 2020 after they discovered his DNA on a binocular strap used to tie up one of the victims who he assaulted in their East London property.
Neil, 65, of Sandrock Road in Lewisham was found guilty of the 1993 murder of William Bryan and manslaughter of Anne Castle at the Old Bailey following a two week trial. He will be sentenced on November 25 at the same court next week, My London reports.
Detective Chief Inspector Joanna Yorke said: “We have been able to achieve justice for Anne and William, and their family who have waited 29 years for this day to come. Twenty nine years of not knowing how their loved ones died and who was responsible.
