After a fingerprint belonging to Napper was recovered from Samantha's flat, he was arrested, and charged with the murders of Samantha and Jazmine Bisset, in May 1994. Napper was convicted at the Old Bailey in October 1995. He also admitted two rapes and two attempted rapes at this time.Sarah White "Killer who slipped through the net", BBC News, 18 December 2008. From the time of the first Old Bailey trial, he has been held at Broadmoor. In December 1995  he was questioned about Nickell's death but denied any involvement. Napper is also believed to be the "Green Chain Rapist" (named after the Green Chain Walk – a string of leafy pathways linking large parts of south east London) the Green Chain Rapist carried out at least 70 savage attacks across south-east London over a four-year period ending in 1994. The earliest of the 'Green Chain' rapes have been linked to Napper, and were those he admitted to in 1995. Napper is known to have kept detailed records of the sites of potential and actual attacks on women.Richard Edwards, et al. "Rachel Nickell: Profile of killer Robert Napper", The Telegraph, 18 December 2008 During the investigation into the rapes, Napper had been eliminated due to his 6' 2" height, as detectives had decided to exclude anyone over 6' based on the description of a 5' 7" rapist. However, there are conflicting witness reports of the rapist's height and Napper walked with a stoop.
After a fingerprint belonging to Napper was recovered from Samantha's flat, he was arrested, and charged with the murders of Samantha and Jazmine Bisset, in May 1994. Napper was convicted at the Old Bailey in October 1995. He also admitted two rapes and two attempted rapes at this time.Sarah White "Killer who slipped through the net", BBC News, 18 December 2008. From the time of the first Old Bailey trial, he has been held at Broadmoor. In December 1995 , he was questioned about Nickell's death but denied any involvement. Napper is believed also to be the "Green Chain Rapist" (named after the Green Chain Walk – a string of leafy pathways linking large parts of south east London) who carried out at least 70 savage attacks across south-east London over a four-year period ending in 1994. The earliest of the 'Green Chain' rapes have been linked to Napper, and were those he admitted to in 1995. Napper is known to have kept detailed records of the sites of potential and actual attacks on women.Richard Edwards, et al. "Rachel Nickell: Profile of killer Robert Napper", The Telegraph, 18 December 2008 During the investigation into the rapes, Napper had been eliminated due to his 6' 2" height, as detectives had decided to exclude anyone over 6' based on the description of a 5' 7" rapist. However, there are conflicting witness reports of the rapist's height and Napper walked with a stoop.
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