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Jeremy Armstrong & Lucy Thornton & Tracey Kandohla

Murderer of two sisters strikes AGAIN after release by killing his neighbour

A man jailed for killing two elderly sisters in 1995 was released on licence in 2020 and housed next door to a 73-year-old woman, who he later beat to death.

Lawrence Bierton, 61, was yesterday warned he faces a whole-life term when he is sentenced for the murder of 73-year-old Pauline Quinn.

Prosecutor John Cammegh told the brief plea hearing that Pauline had suffered a “number of blows” with a “degree of force”.

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