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A CONVICTED killer has been found guilty of raping a woman in Stocksbridge, just weeks before raping and killing a schoolgirl.
Peter Pickering, now 80, abducted an 18-year-old woman as she walked to work in Stocksbridge in 1972. He lured the woman into a van before raping her, handcuffing her and burning her with a cigarette. Just weeks later, he had killed 14-year-old Barnsley schoolgirl Shirley Boldy. He has been under hospital order since then, having admitted manslaughter. It took jurors at Leeds Crown Court just two hours to reach the verdict on Tuesday March 20. The
judge, Mr Justice Goss, said he would not sentence Pickering on Tuesday, because he needed new reports on his mental state to be prepared.
Pickering’s barrister, Sasha Wass QC, asked the judge if her client could be sentenced in Reading or Swindon Crown Court - nearer to where he is being held at a hospital in Berkshire. Senior investigating officer in the case, Detective Superintendent Nick Wallen, said: “We are delighted he has been brought to justice today for an offence he committed more than 46 years ago. “His victim has had to live a lifetime of knowing that Pickering, while not at large, had not answered for
the dreadful and terrifying ordeal he put her through on that evening.
“Pickering was convicted following a methodical police investigation which saw us locate and examine lock-up units he rented in which we found significant amounts of material related to this case. “This material proved to be a key factor in helping officers identify and contact his victim to begin the process of both investigating this offence and seeking the justice she has been entitled to for many years. “I hope that the conviction of Pickering will be of some comfort to the victim who has lived with the impact of his crime for the majority of her life.”
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