Anthony Bird was beaten to death in his central London flat - a crime that went unsolved for decades.
A man who confessed to a murder he committed more than 40 years ago but went on to deny it has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years.
how Paul had turned up at Hammersmith police station and said he wanted to report a murder from 1980. It was claimed his confession to the killing was not reliable and that even if he was responsible, he did not intend to cause Mr Bird really serious harm.Sentencing him on Friday, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said that Paul had been propositioned for sex by Mr Bird, but that it was his intention to steal from him.
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