Earlier this month Sky, ITN and the BBC lobbied the government to allow cameras in court. The hope is that criminal trials could be televised as early as early as 2015. The ban on taking photographs goes back to 1925 but even before then cameras had to be smuggled into courtrooms in hats or bags. …
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Gangs, Murder and the Police
The launch of the new ‘Trident Gang Crime Command’ is being backed by the mother of murdered teenager Negus McLean. Negus was 15 years old when he was stabbed to death by a gang of youths in Edmonton, north London, on April 10, 2011. The case remains unsolved thanks to a ‘wall of silence’ preventing …
Review 2011: The Victims
There were 114 homicides in London in 2011 compared to 122 the previous year, according to our own list of cases. This continues the downward trend since 2003. The good news continues when we break down the cases by weapon. What had started to look like an increase in fatal shootings went into reverse while …
Unsolved Murders in London: 2011
These five murder cases in London from the year 2011 remain unsolved. Can you help? Call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Samuel Guidera, a 24-year-old university student, was stabbed to death in a suspected robbery in Sydenham, southeast London, on 12 February 2011. He had spent the afternoon watching football with friends before getting the …
Unsolved / Undetected Homicides 1999-2011
The Metropolitan Police have issued a list of 290 ‘undetected homicides’ going back to January 1999, following a Freedom of Information request. When people talk of unsolved murders we tend to think of classic fictional mysteries or the crimes of fiendish killers like ‘Jack the Ripper’. Deep down, of course, we realise that cases go …
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