More than 130 years since Jack the Ripper terrorised the murky, foggy streets of Victorian London, forensic scientists believe they may have finally unmasked the infamous killer.

The name that has emerged from a series of genetic tests published this week is one long associated with the grisly murders - Aaron Kosminski.

Kosminski, a 23-year-old Polish barber and one of the Metropolitan Police's prime suspects at the time, was a Polish-born Jewish immigrant who settled in London's East End after escaping persecution in the late 1800s.

Working as a barber in Whitechapel, he would have resided right in the heart of the Ripper's killing zone and exhibited early signs of severe mental illness.

In 1891, just a few years post the murders, Kosminski was committed to Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum

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