A 92-year-old British man was convicted on Monday for a rape and murder committed nearly 60 years ago, in one of the UK’s longest-running cold cases.

Ryland Headley was found guilty by a UK court for raping and killing 75-year-old Louisa Dunne after breaking into her house in Bristol, southwest England in June 1967, when he was 34 years old.

It is “one of the oldest cold cases to ever be solved in the UK”, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which brings criminal prosecutions, said.

Local police reopened the case in 2023 and matched DNA from the victim’s skirt and other items from the original probe to Headley, who had also served a prison sentence for raping two elderly women in 1977.

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He is due to be sentenced by a judge at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday.

During the initial investigation, police had found a left-hand palm print from Dunne’s home, where she was found dead from strangulation.

The palm print was compared to 19,000 men to no avail.

At the time, Headley was a railway worker who lived just outside the area in which men and boys were asked to give prints.

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Reaching a dead-end, police sealed away forensic evidence for half a century. Both DNA testing and later Headley’s palm print resulted in matches.

When Headley was arrested at his home last November, he told detectives: “I don’t know what you are talking about. Very strange, very strange.”

“For 58 years, this appalling crime went unsolved and Ryland Headley, the man we now know is responsible, avoided justice,” said Charlotte Ream of the CPS.

Following the conviction, Dunne’s granddaughter Mary Dainton said her death had a “far-reaching impact throughout my family”.

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“I was just 20-years-old when my grandmother died and I’m now almost the same age as she was when she was killed,” Dainton said outside court.

Police said they were now looking into other possible cold cases Headley could be linked to.

“Ryland Headley has now been convicted of three rapes of elderly women within their own addresses, and in the case of Louisa Dunne, her murder as well,” Dave Marchant of Avon and Somerset Police told the PA news agency.

“I think there’s every possibility that there are other offences out there – over the 60s, 70s, however long a time period – which Mr Headley could be culpable for.”

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has renewed his public criticism of United States President Donald Trump, taking aim at the administration’s controversial “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which recently cleared a critical hurdle in the Senate, TIMES reported.

In a post on X on Saturday, Musk denounced the 940-page legislative package as economically harmful, claiming it would severely damage emerging industries while supporting outdated sectors.

“The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country,” he wrote to his more than 220 million followers.

He further described the legislation as “utterly insane and destructive.”

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The senate narrowly voted 51–49 to advance the bill on Saturday night, following extended negotiations among Republicans. Vice President J.D Vance was present to cast a tie-breaking vote, though it was ultimately not required.

Musk, who once served as head of the Department of Government Efficiency under Trump, left the administration after a high-profile fallout and has since emerged as one of the bill’s fiercest opponents.

He described the measure as “political suicide” for Republicans and warned that it would raise the national debt ceiling by $5 trillion — the largest such increase in US history. “America is in the fast lane to debt slavery,” he added.

Responding in an interview aired Sunday on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures, Trump attempted to defuse the tension. “I haven’t spoken to him much, but I think Elon is a wonderful guy,” he said. Trump also suggested Musk’s frustration stemmed from disagreements over recent changes to electric vehicle mandates.

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Musk’s opposition to the bill is not new. Earlier in June, he urged Americans to contact their representatives, calling the legislation a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill.”

Despite the bill’s advancement in the Senate, it faces continued resistance. Senate Democrats have slowed proceedings by demanding the entire bill be read aloud in protest.

“If Senate Republicans won’t tell the American people what’s in this bill, then Democrats are going to force this chamber to read it from start to finish,” said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer

The United Kingdom recorded its fastest economic growth in over a year during the first quarter of 2025, boosted by a surge in home buying ahead of a property tax deadline and increased manufacturing activity in anticipation of new United States tariffs, Reuters reported.

According to the Office for National Statistics, the economy expanded by 0.7 percent between January and March, the strongest quarterly growth since early 2024.

“UK gross domestic product is estimated to have grown by 0.7% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2025, unrevised from the first estimate,” it said on X on Monday.

The figure confirms earlier estimates and marks a sharp contrast to the 0.1 percent growth seen in the final quarter of last year.

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Reuters reported that ONS also revised March’s growth upward to 0.4 percent, from an initial 0.2 percent. However, the economic boost may prove short-lived. Preliminary data already shows a 0.3 percent contraction in April, partly due to one-off disruptions.

The Bank of England projects a more modest 0.25 percent growth for the second quarter. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves is hoping the uptick will continue, easing pressure to introduce further tax hikes as the government works to meet its fiscal goals.

The strong first quarter was driven in part by a rush of property transactions before the March 31 expiration of a homebuyer tax break. Household spending rose by 0.4 percent, revised up from 0.2 percent, fueled by expenditures on housing, household goods, services, and transport.

To finance this spending, households dipped into their savings, though the savings ratio remains robust at 10.9 percent.

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Manufacturers also ramped up output early in the year, anticipating new import tariffs planned by US President Donald Trump. Some of these proposed tariffs have since been suspended, easing business uncertainty.

Chief economist at RSM UK, Thomas Pugh, noted that earlier weakness in consumer spending and hiring was likely a temporary response to tax changes and trade uncertainty.

“Now that uncertainty has started to recede, consumer confidence is rebounding, and business surveys suggest the worst of the labour market pain is behind us,” he said.

A recent survey indicates that employer confidence in the UK has reached a nine-year high, with optimism growing about the economic outlook. The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates twice more this year, potentially bolstering consumer spending.