Andrzej Kunowski

Andrzej Kunowski (nicknamed The Beast;[1] 1956 – 23 September 2009[1]) was a Polish rapist and murderer. After illegally immigrating from Poland, where he had previously served 10 years in prison for 27 sex attacks on girls and women,[1][2] to the United Kingdom in 1996,[3] he strangled Katerina Koneva, a 12-year-old Macedonian girl, to death in her parents' flat in Hammersmith after she returned there from school on 22 May 1997.[4] In 2003, Kunowski was sentenced to nine years imprisonment for the kidnapping and rape of a Korean student.[3] DNA and fingerprint samples taken from him matched a hair found on an item of clothing belonging to Koneva and fingerprints on one of the flat's windows and window ledges,[2][3] and he was convicted of her murder and given a life sentence with a recommendation that he never be released in March 2004.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "'The Beast' killer dies in prison". BBC News. 26 September 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Rapist murdered girl in her home". BBC News. 31 March 2004. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Polish link solves girl's murder". BBC News. 31 March 2004. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Katerina: A father's tale". BBC News. 31 March 2004. Retrieved 11 February 2017.


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