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| James Warnock jailed for life after murdering Yiannoulla Yianni | James Warnock jailed for life after murdering Yiannoulla Yianni |
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| A man who raped and murdered a teenage girl in 1982 has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 25 years. | A man who raped and murdered a teenage girl in 1982 has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 25 years. |
| James Warnock, 56, strangled 17-year-old Yiannoulla Yianni in an attack described as "cruel, brutal and without mercy" at her north London home. | |
| Recorder of London Nicholas Hilliard QC told the Old Bailey Ms Yianni had endured a "terrifying ordeal" at knifepoint. | Recorder of London Nicholas Hilliard QC told the Old Bailey Ms Yianni had endured a "terrifying ordeal" at knifepoint. |
| The jury took two hours to convict Warnock, a divorced father of two. | The jury took two hours to convict Warnock, a divorced father of two. |
| Ms Yianni, who was known as Lucy, was from a Greek Cypriot family from Hampstead, Warnock lived just half a mile away from their house. | |
| He managed to evade justice for 34 years, despite still living in the local community. | |
| The father-of-two's DNA was matched to the crime scene last year, after he was caught by an undercover officer sharing indecent pictures of children on the internet. | |
| At the time of Ms Yianni's murder DNA testing had not been invented. |