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The Guardian - UK
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Man, 92, who allegedly raped and murdered woman in 1967 caught after DNA advances, court told

Louisa Dunne, pictured near the beach.
Louisa Dunne, pictured in Clevedon in 1933, was found dead in her home by a neighbour. Photograph: Avon and Somerset Police/PA

Detectives caught a 92-year-old man who it is alleged murdered and raped a woman in her home almost six decades ago after advances in DNA techniques led them to the suspect, a jury has been told.

An extensive police operation was launched in Bristol in the summer of 1967 after the death of mother of two Louisa Dunne, 75, but her killer could not be found, a jury at the city’s crown court heard.

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