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IN BRIEF 'Spiderman' gets life

Wednesday 28 June 1995 23:02 BST
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'Spiderman' gets life

A cat burglar, nicknamed "Spiderman", who murdered a man in his 20th storey flat after scaling a 200ft wall, was jailed for life at the Old Bailey. Terry St John, 25, of Camberwell, south-east London, killed Sean Mortimer, 31, after he threatened to reveal his identity.

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