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Sally McGrath murder: Paul Taylor found guilty | Sally McGrath murder: Paul Taylor found guilty |
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A 60-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering a Peterborough woman more than 30 years ago. | A 60-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering a Peterborough woman more than 30 years ago. |
Former soldier Paul Taylor, of Fareham, Hampshire, was charged with the murder of Sally McGrath, 22, after a cold case review which started in 2009. | Former soldier Paul Taylor, of Fareham, Hampshire, was charged with the murder of Sally McGrath, 22, after a cold case review which started in 2009. |
Her body was found in a shallow grave in woodland at Castor Hanglands, Cambridgeshire, in March 1980. | Her body was found in a shallow grave in woodland at Castor Hanglands, Cambridgeshire, in March 1980. |
Taylor was also convicted of sex attacks, including rape, on other three women in the months before the murder. | |
Miss McGrath was last seen alive on 11 July 1979 at a Peterborough hotel with Taylor, Chelmsford Crown Court heard. | Miss McGrath was last seen alive on 11 July 1979 at a Peterborough hotel with Taylor, Chelmsford Crown Court heard. |
The jury found Taylor guilty of murder following 23 hours of deliberation. | |
He was also found guilty of three counts of rape, one attempted rape and a serious sexual assault, which were all committed in the months leading up to Miss McGrath's murder. | |
The offences related to three different women. | The offences related to three different women. |