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DNA traps rapist two decades on.

Europe Intelligence Wire

| January 16, 2010 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From The Northern Echo)

Byline: Mark Tallentire

A RAPIST who went unpunished for more than two decades was starting a sixyear prison sentence last night after justice finally caught up with him.

Neil Haigh attacked and raped a woman who was walking to a Sunday morning service at Durham Cathedral on September 20, 1987.

Despite a major police investigation, Haigh was only arrested last November following a cold case review.

A DNA sample taken from the woman's clothing was found to match Haigh's, which police had on file following a drink-driving offence.

Sentencing Haigh, 44, of Park Avenue, Coxhoe, County Durham, at Durham …

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