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 …
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Unsolved Murders in London: 2013
These six London murder cases from 2013 remain unsolved. Can you help? Call the police, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Joseph Burke-Monerville, 19, was shot dead in a suspected case of mistaken identity in Clapton on 16 February 2013. The teenager, a forensic science student at the London Metropolitan University, was sitting in a …
Homicide and Mental Illness
Following a series of stories about the number of people killed by mental health patients (1,200 in Britain in a decade, said The Sun), we decided to look at a single year in depth to illustrate the situation in London. In 2011 there were a total of 119 homicides. Twelve out of those 119 (just …
Fitness to Plead: The Pritchard Criteria
What happens when the suspect in a murder trial is unable to understand the trial process? And what has that got to do with a man accused of having sex with an animal in 1836? In October 2012, 65 year-old Colin Hammond was stabbed to death in a street in Fulham, southwest London, by Frederic …
CSI London: Bugs and Bodies
When the body of Leah Questin was found in a suitcase on farmland in Kent in September 2009, Metropolitan Police officers investigating her murder took a tip from CSI’s Gil Grissom and his fascination for bugs. The activity of Blowflies and their eggs at the site of the corpse was crucial in working out approximately …