Melanie Road's murderer was caught due to a rerun of familial DNA profiling in 2015, police said\
A man who sexually assaulted and stabbed a girl 32 years ago has been given a life sentence for her murder.
Melanie Road, 17, was attacked as she made her way home from a nightclub in Bath in June 1984.
Christopher Hampton, who changed his plea to guilty as his murder trial was due to begin at Bristol Crown Court, must serve a minimum term of 22 years.
Hampton, 64, was caught in 2015 after police linked DNA from Melanie's clothing to his daughter.
Stabbed 26 times
She had been arrested aged 41 in 2014 for a "minor incident" and her DNA profile was taken, leading the police to her father.
Sentencing Hampton, Mr Justice Popplewell told him the attack had been "lengthy and brutal" and "for your own sexual gratification".
"She was repeatedly stabbed - 26 times in all - with a sharp-edged knife, causing four-inch wounds.
"Eight of the wounds were to her breasts.
"You first stabbed her while she was on her feet on the street on her way home, before chasing her some 30 metres round the corner to the cul-de-sac where she died."
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