The prime suspect in the ‘lady in the lake’ murder of Shani Warren 35 years ago carried out similar ‘dreadful attacks’, a court has heard
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The first day of Robertson’s trial, for which he was not present in court, heard he has convictions for raping two girls aged 14 and 17 in separate incidents. The court heard the rape, which happened in August of that year in Buckinghamshire, saw Robertson threaten the child with a broken bottle and tell her during the attack: ‘Don’t bloody scream ‘cos if you do, you’ll be scarred.”’
He said: ‘The prosecution submits it is relevant evidence because it is known and proven conduct of Mr Robertson’s which in several aspects is so like that which is alleged to have been done to Shani Warren and as to assist, when combined with other available evidence, in proving that in both cases he was the person responsible for what happened to them.’
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