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| 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. | 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 picked up his victims in the Whitechapel area, famously stalked by Jack the Ripper in the 1880s. | He picked up his victims in the Whitechapel area, famously stalked by Jack the Ripper in the 1880s. |
| Brown, originally from Preston, refused to face cross examination. | Brown, originally from Preston, refused to face cross examination. |
| Police believe loner Brown could have been at the beginning of a killing spree when he was arrested. | |
| 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 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. | He denied murder, but admitted paying DVD seller Miss Xiao and prostitute Miss Barrett for sex before their disappearance last year. |