Pensioner who murdered teen in 1975 jailed after one-in-a-billion DNA match
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The 75-year-old was cleared of murder the following year on the directions of a judge but was finally convicted decades later after swabs from Ms Montgomery’s body produced a one-in-a-billion DNA match. His actions caused trauma to so many people and there were no consequences for him Jacqui's sister Kathy Montgomery McGrory’s retrial, in March, was halted when the defendant, of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, fell ill. Jurors were told McGrory had been “wild with rage” when he murdered Jacqui as he tried to track down his ex-partner Josie Montgomery, who was the victim’s aunt. At the hearing on Friday, Jacqui’s sister Kathy Montgomery’s victim impact statement was read to the court, which said: “A violent man who had been living within our family murdered my sister.
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