The death of Zbigniew Michniewicz in December 2013 was originally treated as a murder after a postmortem revealed evidence of an assault. Five suspects were arrested on suspicion of murder but nobody was ever charged with causing the death and a medical expert concluded that that the death was caused by drug abuse rather than …
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The Cycle of Crime
Jae’don Fearon was ten years old when his father was shot dead. He was asleep in bed that night in April 2003 when gunmen opened fire on an Audi TT driving away from a nightclub in Clerkenwell, east London. The front passenger, 26 year-old father-of-two Jason Fearon, was found slumped in his seat with a …
Joint Enterprise
The legal doctrine of Joint Enterprise remains controversial in murder cases because of the stakes involved. For the families of victims, it is a law that helps to bring to justice all those who took part in a gang attack and not just the person who inflicted the fatal injury. But for some suspects and …
Offering No Evidence
One of the more unusual conclusions to a murder case is the decision by the prosecution to offer no evidence. This happened in two of last year’s cases with the result that the suspects were acquitted without the need to stand trial. Only one of these was reported in the media and no reasons were …
London Homicides 2013 – Review
Homicides in London have increased year-on-year for the first time since murdermap launched in 2010. As it stands we have counted 108 victims for 2013 compared to 100 in 2012. Taking a more detailed look at the figures, the most striking change is in the percentage of female victims – up to 37 per cent …