Raider gets life for murder

London - An armed raider who shot to death a German tourist in front of her husband was yesterday jailed for life at the Old …

London - An armed raider who shot to death a German tourist in front of her husband was yesterday jailed for life at the Old Bailey.

Alvin Black (37), was also jailed for 21 years to run concurrently for masterminding a string of violent robberies in Bedford. Black, from Bedford, was found guilty of murdering Mrs Johana Czardebon (56), and conspiring to commit armed robbery by the jury after eight days deliberations.

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