30-Year-Old Slaying DNA Breakthrough

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UK: Life Sentence for Indian-Origin Man in 30-Year-Old Murder Case

LONDON, UK: Sandip Patel, a 51-year-old Indian-origin man, has been sentenced to life for the murder of Marina Koppel, a mother of two, 30 years ago. Patel was convicted after new DNA techniques, applied to a single hair found at the crime scene, conclusively identified him as the killer. In 1994, Patel stabbed Koppel over 140 times in her Westminster…