The death of Joseph Davis could not be directly linked to an assault he suffered several hours earlier, an inquest heard.
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The Waterloo Bridge Mystery
London: 11.30pm, 8 October, 1857. Out of the darkness shuffled an elderly woman carrying a large, heavy bag. The toll keeper on the Strand side of the Thames, Henry Errington, watched as she laid a halfpenny on the iron plate and struggled to push through the stile. The bag was… You must be a paid …
Fingerprints: The murders of Thomas and Ann Farrow
The first British murder case to be solved using fingerprints took place in Detpford, south London, on 27 March 1905.
Joseph Cullimore: The story of a fatal stabbing in east London
A teenager who stabbed a father-of-three to death at a flat in Chingford was jailed for six years.
Murders up or murders down? The strange world of homicide statistics
Did the number of murders in London increase or or decrease last year? It depends whether you mean calendar year or financial year.