A convicted rapist was identified as the killer of an elderly widow 58 years after her death after his DNA was found on her skirt, a court heard.
Ryland Headley, now 92, went on trial today accused of raping and murdering Louisa Dunne, 75, on the night of 27 June 1967.
Mrs Dunne was found dead on a pile of clothes in her house in the Easton area of Bristol.
She suffered multiple bruising and a major haemorrhage, consistent with having her mouth forcibly covered to stop her breathing.
Headley, who previously lived in Bristol before moving to Ipswich, Suffolk, was identified after a cold case review last year matched his DNA with semen on Mrs Dunne's skirt and pubic hair - while his palm was also a match for a print left on a window.
