Unsolved crimes in the UK examined for link to German sex killer

New DNA evidence obtained by French detectives on a sex killer from Germany is leading to the re-examination of many unsolved rape and murder cases in Britain, police in the UK said today.

This emerged during the visit of a French court of appeal examining judge to the Wiltshire town of Swindon, England, where convicted murderer Ulrich Muenstermann used to live, working as a television repair man.