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Man guilty of killing two mothers 'Modern Ripper' murdered mothers
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A serial sex attacker has been found guilty of killing two mothers whose bodies have never been found. A sex attacker who police believed may have tried to emulate Jack the Ripper has been found guilty of killing two women whose bodies are yet to be found.
Derek Brown, 47, denied murdering Xiao Mei Guo, 29, and Bonnie Barrett, 24, after taking them back to his flat in Rotherhithe, east London.Derek Brown, 47, denied murdering Xiao Mei Guo, 29, and Bonnie Barrett, 24, after taking them back to his flat in Rotherhithe, east London.
He admitted paying DVD seller Miss Xiao and prostitute Miss Barrett for sex before their disappearance last year. He picked up his victims in the Whitechapel area, famously stalked by Jack the Ripper in the 1880s.
Mr Brown, originally from Preston in Lancashire, refused to face cross examination at the Old Bailey. Brown, originally from Preston, refused to face cross examination.
Police believe loner Brown was trying to emulate Jack the Ripper and the murder of the two women could have been the beginning of a killing spree. Police believe loner Brown could have been the beginning of a killing spree.
Detectives have launched a nationwide review of unsolved cases to see whether Brown has links to any of them.Detectives have launched a nationwide review of unsolved cases to see whether Brown has links to any of them.
The court heard Brown was a convicted rapist and a serial sex attacker who was a suspect in another murder case outside London.The court heard Brown was a convicted rapist and a serial sex attacker who was a suspect in another murder case outside London.
He has been identified by victims in five other rapes over the past two decades.He has been identified by victims in five other rapes over the past two decades.
Last week, Brown who had pleaded not guilty to the murders, stopped giving evidence in the trial while he was being cross-examined by the prosecution. Last week Brown stopped giving evidence in the trial while he was being cross-examined by the prosecution.
He denied murder, but admitted paying DVD seller Miss Xiao and prostitute Miss Barrett for sex before their disappearance last year.