Life jail for man who murdered ‘uncle figure’ – new DNA technique helps convict killer

A man who stabbed his “uncle” to death on his own doorstep has been jailed for almost 30 years after West Midlands Police used a ground-breaking DNA technique to prove he was the killer.  Paul Cooke (pictured) repeatedly stabbed 64-year-old Ronald Smith – a man he claimed to view “like an uncle” – at his West Bromwich home on 6 May last year the day after being released from prison.Callous Cooke swiped £600 in cash from the Cottage Walk address and