GUILTY UK - Sarah Crump, 33, found murdered and mutilated in her flat, London, 28 August 1991

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A prolific sex attacker has been found guilty of murdering a woman in west London 30 years after being cleared and boasting he had "got away with it", under "double jeopardy" legislation.
David Smith, 67, has been convicted of murdering Sarah Crump, 33, and "brutally mutilating" her body in 1991.
Smith, from Hanwell, west London, was cleared of murder in 1993 and went on to kill another woman, Amanda Walker, 21, in 1999, the court heard.

Sarah Crump: Man found guilty of unsolved 1991 murder

He is convicted of killing Sarah Crump under "double jeopardy" law, after being cleared in 1993.

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(…) Mr Justice Bryan handed him a life sentence with a minimum term of 27 years, minus the 479 days he spent on remand in the 1990s, meaning he will serve at least 25 years and 251 days.
Smith, wearing dark glasses with his head bowed, showed no emotion as he was branded a "sadistic sexual killer" and a "habitual and dishonest liar" by the judge. (…)

Sarah Crump murder: Man jailed for life for 1991 killing

He was convicted of killing Sarah Crump under "double jeopardy" law, after being cleared in 1993.

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(…) Smith developed “fascinations and obsessions” with some of the women he paid for sex and had allegedly tried to rape an escort just 10 days before the killing - he was acquitted of attempted rape at the Old Bailey.

Jurors were also told Smith raped a young mother at knifepoint in 1976, and falsely imprisoned an unknown woman in a car around a decade later.

The 2005 inquest of Dr Harold Shipman heard how Smith had regularly played cards with the serial killer GP while serving his sentence at Wakefield Prison. (…)

‘Sadistic killer’ who murdered Sarah Crump in 1991 is jailed for more than 25 years

Smith showed no emotion as he was branded a ‘sadistic sexual killer’ and a ‘habitual and dishonest liar’

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