Danilo Restivo will remain in jail for the rest of his life A man with a hair fetish has been given a whole life jail term for the murder of a mother who was found mutilated with someone else's hair in her hand.
Italian national Danilo Restivo, 39, killed Heather Barnett, 48, in 2002 at her Bournemouth home in a "depraved" attack. Her children found the body.
During the trial, Restivo was also linked to the murder of Elisa Claps, 16, who went missing in Italy in 1993.
A jury at Winchester Crown Court convicted Restivo on Wednesday.
They had heard that Restivo, of Chatsworth Road, Bournemouth, entered Ms Barnett's flat and bludgeoned her with a hammer before cutting her throat in November 2002.
Restivo, who admitted he had cut women's hair as he liked the touch and smell of it, put a clump of someone's hair in one of her hands and strands of her own hair under the other, the jury was told.
He later comforted her children after they found the body of their mother.
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