Cold case police charge jailed murderer with three more killings

By The Newsroom
Published 18th Sep 2010, 01:28 BST
Updated 18th Sep 2010, 01:28 BST
A man serving a life sentence for killing a pensioner has been charged with murdering three men found dead in 1994.

West Mercia Police said Robin Ligus, 58, was charged yesterday with the murders of Trevor Bradley, Brian Coles and Bernard Czyzewska after a cold case review of their deaths.

Mr Bradley, 53, was found dead in a burnt-out car near Melverley, Shropshire, in April 1994, while the body of Mr Coles, 57, was found in October 1994 at his home in Higher Heath, near Whitchurch, also in Shropshire.

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The body of Mr Czyzewska, 36, was found in the River Severn at Shrewsbury in November 1994.

Ligus, who is due to appear before magistrates in Birmingham next Thursday, has been in custody since November 1994 after being convicted of killing 75-year-old Robert Young during a burglary at his Shrewsbury home.

The West Mercia force confirmed that a comprehensive file of evidence concerning the three deaths was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service complex case unit in December 2009.