Official statistics show that the total number of homicides (murder and manslaughter) increased from the 1960s until around 2003 before dropping again – followed by a smaller peak in around 2017/18. What’s the explanation?
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Annabelle Lancaster death: ‘Foul play cannot be ruled out’
A young mother fell to her death from the eighth floor of a block of flats following an argument with her boyfriend, an inquest heard On the evening of 7 April 2019, Annabelle Lancaster was found injured outside Brookbank in Turkey Street, Enfield. The 22-year-old receptionist, who had a young… You must be a paid …
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Fugitive in Yemen: Farouk Abdulhak and the unsolved murder of Martine Vik Magnussen
Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, was found dead in a basement in Great Portland Street, central London, in March 2008.
The unsolved murder of James Akinwande in Brixton in 1994
Eighteen-year-old James Akinwande was chased and stabbed to death in the street after leaving The Vox nightclub in Brixton, south London, on 16 January 1994.
Unsolved murders in London: 2024
These ten homicides in London in the year 2024 remain unsolved. Can you help?