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Modern 'Ripper' jailed for life (UK)

A serial sex attacker convicted of killing two mothers whose bodies have never been found, has been jailed for life at the Old Bailey.

Derek Brown, 47, denied murdering Xiao Mei Guo, 29, and Bonnie Barrett, 24, after taking them back to his flat in Rotherhithe, east London.

He picked up his victims in the Whitechapel area, famously stalked by Jack the Ripper in the 1880s.

Brown, who showed "no remorse", was ordered to serve a minimum of 30 years.

Police believe Brown may have tried to emulate Jack the Ripper.
Read entire article at BBC