Man in court on 1980s murder charge
A man is to appear in court charged with two double murders which date back more than 20 years.
John Cooper was arrested by cold case detectives investigating the murders of Helen and Richard Thomas at Scoveston Manor, Pembrokeshire, West Wales, in December 1985 and the murders of Peter and Gwenda Dixon on the Pembrokeshire coastal path in 1989.
The 64-year-old will appear at Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court in South Wales.
He has also been charged with two serious sexual assaults and five attempted robberies in Milford Haven in 1996.
The bodies of the brother and sister were discovered at their burned-out mansion home near Milford Haven in December 1985. Both had been shot at close range with a shotgun.
Peter and Gwenda Dixon were middle-aged tourists from Witney, Oxfordshire, exploring Pembrokeshire in the summer of 1989.
Their bodies were found hidden close to a cliff path near Littlehaven six days after their disappearance.
They too had been shot at close range in what appeared to be execution-style killings, with Mr Dixon's hands tied behind his back.
