today the 67—year—old admitted murdering then sexually assaulting wendy knell and caroline pierce in e wells almost 35 years ago. david, you are under arrest on suspicion _ david, you are under arrest on suspicion of the murders of wendy knell_ suspicion of the murders of wendy knell and — suspicion of the murders of wendy knell and caroline pearson. police finally tracked him down thanks to dna advances — at his home they found photographs and videos from the mortuaries. also on the programme tonight: the conservative mp owen paterson at the centre of a row over lobbying rules resigns after a major government u—turn. cervical cancer has been virtually eradicated in young women because of the hpv vaccine programme, says a new study. more than a0 countries promise to phase out the use of coal — but australia, india, china and america aren't among them. and the christmas ads are launched to try to boost business for retailers over the next few weeks. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel... we'll have more on the crisis at yorkshire cricket with more sponsors

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wendy knell and caroline pierce were starting out in life in a quiet town.n tonbridge wells, like myself, we were alljust working locally. it could have happened to any of us. julie monks was a friend of wendy's. she always wanted to get| married and have children and be a home—maker. that is what she, that is what she wanted to do. | but wendy's home, her tiny bedsit, was where she was murdered. caroline was attacked on her doorstep and taken away. three weeks later, a farm worker look down from his tractor into a drainage ditch and spotted a body. like wendy, caroline had been beaten, strangled and sexually assaulted. police were pretty sure the same man had killed both of them, but back then there was very little cctv, especially around here, no phones to track, and dna techniques were rudimentary. but that has changed. fuller was tracked down using modern dna techniques which can identify a criminal through his family members. when this dna swab was taken it matched samples from the murder scenes, carefully stored for decades. fuller's house provided mor

wendy knell and caroline pierce. independent young women in a quiet town in the 1980s.ust working locally. it could have happened to any of us. julie monks was a friend of wendy and worked with her in a caf. she always wanted to get married and have children and be a homemaker. that's what she wanted to do. but wendy's home, her tiny bedsit, was where she was murdered. caroline was attacked on her doorstep and taken away. three weeks later, a farm worker looked down from his tractor into a drainage ditch and spotted a body. like wendy, caroline had been beaten, strangled and sexually assaulted. police were pretty sure the same man had killed both of them, but back then there was very little cctv, especially around here, no phones to track and dna techniques were rudimentary. but that has changed. fuller was tracked down using modern dna techniques, which can identify a criminal through his family members. when this dna swab was taken, it matched samples from the murder scenes, carefully stored for decades. fuller's house provided more evidence. this picture. see the sho

wendy knell and caroline pierce. getting on with their own business. _ women just getting on with their own business, working. like myself. we were _ business, working. like myself. we were all— business, working. like myself. we were alliust — business, working. like myself. we were alljust working locally. it could _ were alljust working locally. it could have happened to any of us. julie was— could have happened to any of us. julie was a — could have happened to any of us. julie was a friend of wendy and worked with her in a caf. julie was a friend of wendy and worked with her in a caf . she alwa s worked with her in a caf . she always wanted _ worked with her in a caf . she always wanted to _ worked with her in a caf. she always wanted to get married and have children and be a homemaker. that is— have children and be a homemaker. that is what— have children and be a homemaker. that is what she wanted to do. but when the's — that is what she wanted to do. ifizi,ii when the's home, her tiny bedsit, was where she was

wendy knell�*s body was found in her bedsit.s doing, an argument of diminished responsibility. opening the case this morning, the prosecutor said there was a different and clear explanation for the defendant's behaviour — he said that mr fuller had a desire for sexual gratification through the observation and identification of vulnerable women. gaining control of them and then indulging his depraved sexual predilections in relation to them. he said that that behaviour linked him with caroline and wendy's deaths. we also heard, in evidence that the jury was told would be difficult for them to hear during this trial, that david fuller worked at two hospitals, the kent and sussex and the tunbridge wells hospital at pembrey, which replaced it. he had access to the mortuary. the jury was told that david fuller had sexually abused the dead bodies of women being stored in the mortuary. also, in other submissions to the jury, the prosecution said that there was strong dna evidence linking david fuller with both with both wendy's death a

sexually abusing up to a hundred bodies that were stored in a hospital morgue, as well as murdering wendy knelln 1987. our health correspondent katherine burns is here. what does this enquiry hope to achieve? the details of this case are unbearable. what does this enquiry hope to achieve? it unbearable. what does this enquiry hope to achieve?— unbearable. what does this enquiry hope to achieve? it wants to answer the question. _ hope to achieve? it wants to answer the question, how _ hope to achieve? it wants to answer the question, how did _ hope to achieve? it wants to answer the question, how did david fuller. the question, how did david fuller get away with this for so long without getting caught? if you remember, the evidence against them only came out when police searched his house during a murder investigation. they found a huge stash of photos and videos of him abusing the bodies of young women and girls. if they hadn't done this, this may never have come out. the enquiry will have two stages. the first will focus on the local nhs trust to suggest what actions it can take, and that will

all right, david, you're under arrest on suspicion of the murders of wendy knell and caroline pierce. has been suspended from hosting england matches, amid a row over racism at the club. cervical cancer has been virtually eradicated in young women

david fuller, 67, is accused of murdering wendy knell and caroline pierce in two separate attacks ind responsibility. sara smith reports. police now hope that the hunt for clues to the killer will lead them to wendy nell�*s murder. it took more than 30 years and huge advances in dna analysis to lead police to the man who killed these women. his eventual arrest for a double murder then revealed evidence of what was described to the jury today as unimaginable sexual depravity. kent and sussex hospital and its replacement follower who worked as an electrician had visited the mortuary and abused the bodies of the dead women he found there. it was a 1987 that 25—year—old wendy neil was found dead in herflat and tunbridge wells. five months later caroline peers just 20 tunbridge wells. five months later caroline peersjust 20 disappeared from outside her flat caroline peersjust 20 disappeared from outside herflat nearby. her body was found the following month. today the prosecution outlined the similarities between the cases two slight young women easily overpowered both living alone in a p

sexually abusing up to a hundred bodies that were stored in a hospital morgue as well as murdering wendy knell stages of the inquiry will focus on. the first one and the early one is going to look at really the hospital trust. it's the early lessons. and the main question it's going to ask is how did david fuller get away with this undetected for so long? because if you remember, he was never caught. it was only when police searched his house during the murder investigation that they found the only evidence against him, his own stash, his library of photos and images that he took. so, that's going be the first part of the inquiry. then after the new year, it will widen them into wider lessons for the nhs and other, sort of, places where people do deal with dead bodies, so local authority mortuaries and also maybe potentially funeral homes, to see what else can be done to prevent this kind of thing ever happening again. because sajid javid, he spoke, he said, you know, the victims there, as well as the corpses in the mortuary, there's the people who are left behind. they've lost a loved one, th

fullerfrom east sussex is currently awaiting sentencing for the offences, as well as the murders of wendy knellly be a lot more. . , ,., , ~ defiled, it could actually be a lot more. . ,,., , ~ ., more. absolutely. i think we heard in parliament _ more. absolutely. i think we heard in parliament today _ more. absolutely. i think we heard in parliament today mps _ more. absolutely. i think we heard in parliament today mps in - more. absolutely. i think we heard in parliament today mps in the - in parliament today mps in the health secretary acknowledging how serious this was. the health secretary has widened an inquiry to considered other areas such as undertakers, i think there is some concern out there that this may be happening or may have happened in other cases. we don't know that and we have to be clear that these actions are truly horrific and rare, but they do raise questions about the security of these kinds of places. the security of these kinds of laces. ., , . ., , , ., places. so, to be clear, this is not something — places. so, to be clear, this is not something that _ places. so,

a hospital electrician admits murdering wendy knell and caroline pierce in 1987 — and sexually abusing

morgues, a court has been told. 67—year—old david fuller has admitted killing two young women, wendy knellhad a desire for sexual gratification through the observation and identification of vulnerable women. —— mr fuller had a desire. he said that that behaviour linked him with caroline and wendy's deaths. we also heard in evidence that the jury was told would be difficult for them to hear during this trial that david fuller worked at two hospitals, the kent and sussex and the tunbridge wells hospital at pembrey, which replaced it. he had access to the mortuary, the court was told that david fuller had sexually abused the dead bodies of women being stored in the mortuary. in other submissions to thejury, the prosecution the mortuary. in other submissions to the jury, the prosecution said that there was strong dna evidence linking david fuller with both deaths, with both wendy was micro—death and caroline's death, and a fingerprint in blood which matched david. rescuers in nigeria are searching for survivors after a high—rise building collapsed in the capital, lagos. the block of flats — mo

unspeakably vile horrific crime and our thoughts and our hearts across the house about to the families of wendy knell kent and sussex who have spoken up in behalf of their communities in recent days, particularly the right honourable memberfor tunbridge honourable member for tunbridge wells, who honourable memberfor tunbridge wells, who said over the weekend that authorities and politicians must, and these were his words, ask serious questions as to how this could have happened and establish that it can never happen again. i agree. that is why an enquiry is so important. can he offer some precision as to when the terms of reference will be published? because fuller was caught, of course, because of the murder investigation and i think that in itself forms a number of questions about the regulation of mortuaries. no, the human tissue authority which regulates hospital mortuary reviewed one of the much reasoned question as part of their regulatory procedures. in the much reasoned question as part of their regulatory procedures. and they raise no security concerns but found a lack of full audits, exampl