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‘Midlands Ripper’ Alun Kyte probably murdered several more women, top detective reveals
A CONVICTED double killer probably murdered several more women, a top detective has said.
It comes after Alun Kyte, 58, already serving a life term for the murders in the 1990s of two prostitutes, was found guilty of raping a young boy.
‘Midlands Ripper’ Alan Kyte was also found guilty of raping a young boy[/caption]
Kyte murdered prostitute Tracey Turner[/caption]
Lorry driver Kyte, known as the Midlands Ripper, strangled, stripped and dumped his victims in remote areas.
Kyte will be sentenced next month for a five-year campaign of sex abuse against a primary school-age boy who he lured to his home in Staffordshire in the late 1980s, The Times said.
Kyte was convicted in February after the victim came forward.
He is yet tyo be sentenced.
Mick Creedon, the retired police officer who brought Kyte to justice in 2000 for the murders of Samo Paull, 20, and Tracey Turner, 30, said he has boasted in prison about killing several more women.
He told The Times: “I’m absolutely convinced there are more victims out there.
“He did not suddenly do this and then stop.
“It doesn’t work that way with people who are wired like him.
“There might be cold cases out there with evidence that could be reviewed.
“Twenty years ago we said he’s dangerous.
“Now, after the latest conviction, there is even more proof about how dangerous he is.”
Kyte was was caught in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in 1997 for the rape of a woman who escaped, running naked into the street, after he threatened her with a knife.
His DNA matched samples recovered from the body of Tracey Turner, who was strangled after meeting Kyte at a service station in the M6 in early 1994.
Kyte was also found guilty of the murder of Paull, a single mother who met him in Birmingham.
Wales earthquake: ‘Whole houses shaken’ by 4.2 magnitude tremor that was felt as far as the midlands
A POWERFUL 4.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the UK on Friday leaving “whole houses shaking”.
The tremor struck in South Wales just before midnight at a depth of just over one mile, according to the British Geological Survey.
It is said to have hit several miles north of the borough of Rhondda as stunned residents were tucked up in bed.
People situated as far away as Wolverhampton claimed to have felt the effects of the quake.
Locals in Abergavenny, Crickhowell, Llangynidr Llanover and Llanfoist reported that even their windows quivered from the force.
One person from Merthyr Tydfil described how their “whole house shook” as the 4.2 magnitude tremor struck.
Another reported they experienced a “slight shaking of their house” while the “handles on the furniture rattled”.
A resident in Mountain Ash told how their young son was woken from his slumber by the earthquake.
They wrote: “Thought something had fallen upstairs, then my son came down to say his bed shook waking him”.
Others said their properties “vibrated” and their possessions “actually moved” when the quake hit.
One woman added: “I heard a low rumble, then the wall shook and the chair jumped forward, which takes something with me sitting in it! Blimey. Not pleasant.”
Another local from Gilwern, 15 miles from the epicentre, said the tremor felt like an “explosion”.
A third wrote in a tweet: “My whole house shook and it felt like the roof was falling off.”
It comes after the UK was rocked by a 3.7 magnitude earthquake on February 12.
The tremor – which struck under the North Sea – was felt in areas along the Norfolk coast.
Residents in Essex were woken by a loud bang and rumble as a 2.6 magnitude quake hit the county on February 8.
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