A Romanian killer who was jailed for hitting a grandmother with a wooden stick embedded with nails has now been charged with raping her, a court heard. Valentin Lazar, 23, killed Maria Rawlings with a ...

A Romanian killer has today admitted raping a grandmother he beat to death with a wooden club embedded with nails. Valentin Lazar, 23, followed 45-year-old Maria Rawlings off a double-decker bus in ...

AN EVIL predator who battered a vulnerable woman with wooden stick embedded with nails then left her to die is jailed for life. Valentin Lazar, 21, attacked Maria Rawlings, 45, before leaving her ...

An "evil" predator who murdered a "defenceless grandmother" after following her off a bus has been jailed for life. Valentin Lazar, 21, battered Maria Rawlings with a wooden stick embedded with nails ...

A man who murdered a vulnerable mother-of-two in a "savage and sustained" attack has been jailed for life. Valentin Lazar, 21, previously pleaded guilty to killing Maria Rawlings, 45, who was found ...

A labourer who stripped a grandmother naked before battering her to death with a wooden club embedded with nails has today admitted raping her. Two years ago Valentin Lazar was handed a life sentence ...

A man is facing life in jail for murdering a vulnerable woman after following her off a bus in east London. Maria Rawlings, 45, suffered multiple injuries in the attack by 21-year-old Valentin Lazar ...

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