Times, The (London, England)-December 18, 1999

Sidney Cooke, the paedophile and convicted child killer, was given two life sentences at Wolverhampton Crown Court for a series of sexual assaults on two young brothers committed more than two decades ago. Cooke, 72, described as a serious danger still to children and young adolescents, preyed on vulnerable youngsters as a travelling fairground worker during the 1970s.