Lover is jailed for murder 18 years on

London - A man who believed for 18 years that he had got away with murder was jailed for life at the Old Bailey yesterday after…

London - A man who believed for 18 years that he had got away with murder was jailed for life at the Old Bailey yesterday after he was trapped by dramatic advances in forensic science.

Mr Anthony Ruark (40) was first questioned by police in 1983 after his lover, 25-year-old Ms Jacqueline Poole, was battered and strangled to death at her home in Ruislip, west London.

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