Rapist who strangled pensioner jailed for life
12 April 2012
A convicted rapist who strangled a pensioner while on the run from a secure hospital was jailed for at least 27 years today.
Terrence O'Keefe, who killed 73-year-old David Kemp before stealing his television to raise money for drugs, was convicted of murder by a jury at Norwich Crown Court in June.
Jailing 39-year-old O'Keefe for life, Mr Justice Saunders described the murder of Mr Kemp in Great Yarmouth in March last year as a "heartless and brutal" attack on a lonely and vulnerable victim.
O'Keefe, originally from Liverpool, killed Mr Kemp after absconding from a secure mental health unit in London while serving a previous life sentence imposed in 1996 for rape and robbery.
