News

Marina Koppel: Sandip Patel jailed for life over 1994 murder

A man whose bloody footprint tied him to the murder of a woman almost 30 years ago has been jailed for life. Marina Koppel was found dead by her husband in a flat in Marylebone, central London, in August 1994. She had been stabbed more than 140 times. Sandip Patel became a suspect in 2022 after his footprint and DNA was matched to a hair from the scene. Read further here.

Bill Emlyn Jones KC appeared on behalf of the CPS

 

 

19th February 2024