A Romanian labourer who murdered a grandmother after following her off a bus has had his sentenced increased by five years after he admitted raping her.
Valentin Lazar, 23, followed 45-year-old Maria Rawlings off a double-decker bus in Romford, east London, in May 2021 and led her into some bushes where he raped and killed her.
A manual labourer has admitted to violently raping a grandmother, two years after being handed a life sentence for bludgeoning her to death with a nailed bat following a chance encounter on a bus.