UK - Jacqui Montgomery, 15, raped and murdered, Islington, London, 2 June 1975, *Arrest*

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A pensioner has gone on trial accused of the “brutal” rape and murder of a teenage girl in Islington nearly 50 years ago.

Dennis McGrory, 74, was allegedly "fuelled by rage" when he sexually assaulted, stabbed and strangled 15-year-old Jacqui Montgomery in her home in Islington in 1975, the Old Bailey heard.

Justice finally caught up with McGrory after swabs from Jacqui’s body produced a one-in-a-billion DNA match, jurors were told.

Pensioner on trial for 1975 Islington rape

 

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Central Criminal Court 13 T20217041
Dennis Mcgrory
Details: Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 10:15
Trial (Part Heard) - Prosecution Opening - 10:37
Trial (Part Heard) - Legal Submissions - 11:22
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 11:50 - 11:40
Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 11:55
Trial (Part Heard) - Prosecution Opening - 12:00
Trial (Part Heard) - Legal Submissions - 12:20
Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 10:15 - 12:24

https://www.thelawpages.com/court-hearings-lists/Central-Criminal-Court.php

 

[Mrs Marple]

Oh wow.

 

[Legally Bland]

Not much reporting on this one.
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A pensioner accused of raping and murdering a schoolgirl 47 years ago was shaking with excitement on the night her body was found, a court heard. Dennis McGrory, now 74, allegedly stabbed and strangled Jacqueline Montgomery, 15, in 1975, because she was the niece of his cheating partner. He escaped justice for almost half a century until a cold case review matched his DNA to the victim’s body, the Old Bailey heard. Enraged McGrory was trying to find ex-partner Josie…

Accused schoolgirl killer was ‘shaking with excitement’ – Court News UK

Rest of article behind paywall.

 

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MURDER TRIAL COLLAPSES AFTER PENSIONER FALLS ILL

16MAR2022

The jury trying a pensioner accused of raping and murdering a schoolgirl 47 years ago was discharged after he was taken ill. Dennis McGrory, now 74, allegedly stabbed and strangled Jacqueline Montgomery, 15, in a rage because she was the niece of his cheating partner. The teenager’s body was found by at her Islington home by her father on 2 June 1975. She had been stabbed repeatedly and strangled with the iron flex. Jurors heard McGrory escaped justice for almost…

Murder trial collapses after pensioner falls ill – Court News UK

[Rest of article behind paywall.]

 

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Daily Mail article, not pay walled:

Cold case trial of murder accused Dennis McGrory collapses after he falls ill | Daily Mail Online

 

[AcbMurders]

Finally… Man guilty of murder and rape in oldest double jeopardy case

 

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Pensioner jailed for teen's 1975 murder after 'one-in-a-billion' DNA hit | ITV News

A pensioner who was found guilty of the vicious rape and murder of a teenager nearly 50 years ago in the oldest double jeopardy case in England and Wales has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years.

Dennis McGrory sexually assaulted, stabbed and strangled 15-year-old Jacqui Montgomery in her home in Islington, north London, in 1975.

He was tried the following year on a circumstantial case and cleared of murder on the directions of a judge.

But he was finally brought to justice after swabs from Ms Montgomery's body led to a one-in-a-billion DNA match decades later.

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