“His age now: he is 92 and he will be 93 in September.” One unusual aspect of the case is that Headley was sentenced based on the sentencing regime in force in 1967, and not today. Prior to 2003, it was the Home Secretary who fixed a minimum tariff for someone sentenced to life imprisonment, rather than the sentencing judge.

Ryland Headley was convicted this week in the killing of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. The police used DNA evidence to solve what had been one of Britain’s oldest cold cases.

How did the community react when a 92-year-old was finally convicted of the 1967 Bristol murder? In a quiet Bristol neighborhood, a crime from decades ago left a community in shock. For nearly six decades,