US EditionMan, 92, on trial accused of rape and murder of Bristol woman almost 60 years ago
- The trial of 92-year-old Ryland Headley begins today at Bristol Crown Court for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in Bristol.
- The case reopened in 2023 after DNA testing matched semen found on Dunne's skirt to Headley with a billion-to-one likelihood.
- Prosecutor Anna Vigars KC stated Headley forced entry through a sash window into Dunne's Easton home where local women grew concerned after not seeing her and noticing the open window.
- The post-mortem found extensive facial abrasions consistent with a firm hand pressed against Dunne's mouth, and Headley denies the charges despite previously pleading guilty to two rapes in 1977.
- The trial, expected to last three weeks, will examine evidence over a nearly 60-year-old cold case involving an elderly victim and alleged offender now in his nineties.
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The trial of 92-year-old Ryland Headley, accused of raping and murdering 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in 1967, began in Bristol, England, on Monday. Headley has denied the charges.
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