New photo Babes in the Wood killer Russell Bishop is jailed for at least 36 years

Babes in the Wood killer Russell Bishop has been jailed for life and ordered to serve 36 years for the murders of two schoolgirls

Babes in the Wood killer Russell Bishop has been jailed for life and will serve at least 36 years for the infamous murders.

The sentence means the 52-year-old - who refused to attend court today - will be 88 before he can apply for parole. 

Bishop sexually assaulted and strangled to death nine year olds Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway in 1986.

But he was only convicted yesterday, ending the victims' families' 32-year fight for justice. 

Bishop has been in prison since 1990, when he was jailed for sexually assaulting and trying to kill another young girl. 

Handing him his latest life term today, Mr Justice Sweeney said: 'I have no doubt that you were a predatory paedophile. The terror that each girl must have suffered in their final moments is unimaginable.'

He was previously cleared of the Babes in the Wood murders in 1987, but within three years he went on to kidnap, molest and throttle the seven-year-old girl, leaving her for dead at Devil's Dyke.

While serving life for that crime, Bishop was ordered to face a fresh trial for Nicola and Karen's murders in light of a DNA breakthrough.

Nicola Fellows (left) and Karen Hadaway (right) were found dead in woodland near Brighton in 1986. The case went unsolved for more than 30 years

A banner was put up on Brighton's Moulsecoomb estate today following yesterday's verdict

A Pinto sweatshirt discarded on Bishop's route home was linked to the defendant by DNA, while fibre, paint and ivy transfers placed it at the scene.

Tests on a sample from Karen's left forearm also revealed a 'one in a billion' DNA match to Bishop. 

Bishop responded by trying to cast suspicion on Nicola's devastated father Barrie.

He tailored his evidence to counter the new forensic evidence, claiming to have touched the bodies to feel for a pulse after they were found by two 18-year-olds.

But jurors took just two and a half hours to see through the web of lies and convict Bishop on the 'overwhelming' evidence on the 31st anniversary of his acquittal.

Members of the girls' families wept and hugged each other after the verdict.

He sat with his arms arrogantly folded during questioning and told police he'd take them 'round and round in circles' like he did 30 years ago

Bishop, centre, was rearrested two years ago and questioned over the 1986 murders

Afterwards, Karen's mother Michelle Hadaway said Bishop was an 'evil monster'.

She said: 'After 32 years of fighting, we finally have justice for Karen and Nicola.

'Time stood still for us in 1986. To us them beautiful girls will always be nine years old. They will never grow up.'

'What people like Bishop inflict on the families of their victims is a living death.'

The Fellows family said: 'The guilty verdict doesn't bring Nicola and Karen back, but we know that other children are now safe from the hands of Russell Bishop.

'He is a monster. A predatory paedophile. Russell Bishop truly is evil personified.'

Barrie Fellows said being wrongly accused of being complicit in his daughter's abuse and murder was 'the worst thing that can ever happen to anyone'.

Crying, he said: 'Why me? What have I done? All I have done is lost my little girl.'

The case, dubbed Babes in the Woods, shocked the nation in 1986 and blighted the tight-knit community of Moulsecoomb, on the edges of the South Downs in Brighton.

It is believed to be the oldest double jeopardy case and Sussex Police's longest-running murder inquiry.

Half way through his evidence, Bishop refused to carry on, then chose not to attend the rest of his trial.

 

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