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Eileen Cotter: Man, 80, jailed for manslaughter of woman he strangled nearly half a century ago

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John Apelgren, 80, jailed for manslaughter after strangling Eileen Cotter in 1974. The 22-year-old's body was found in Islington, north London, in June 1974. Case of Ms Cotter's death had been reopened in 2012 when DNA was extracted from her body and compared with a then-prime suspect who was ruled out.

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Eileen Cotter: Man, 80, jailed for manslaughter of woman he strangled nearly half a century ago

John Apelgren's DNA was flagged as a match in the historical case when he was cautioned for assaulting his third wife in 2019.

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Eileen Cotter: Man jailed for killing woman 49 years ago

John Apelgren, 81, is jailed for 10 years and six months after being found guilty of manslaughter.

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80-year-old man jailed for killing woman 49 years ago after DNA breakthrough

He was sentenced today to 10 years in jail at the Old Bailey.

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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Friday, June 23, 2023.
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