Last month four teenagers were murdered in London. The fact their deaths occurred in the space of ten days only highlighted the tragedy. Three were stabbed to death (Wing Ho, Kasey Gordon, Daniel Graham) and one ran into the path of a bus after being confronted by a gang (Ezekiel Amosu). In recent years teen …
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UK Crime Map
The new police crime map (police.uk) is the third version to hit the internet since January 2009. Earlier attempts didn’t particularly excite the interest of the public. This time the site buckled under the pressure of 18 million hits an hour. So what’s different? Unlike previous incarnations (see the Met’s borough and ward crime map …
The London Map Craze
Londoners have always liked maps, perhaps because they use them every day to find their way around this massive city. The most famous map is also a work of art – Harry Beck’s 1931 design for the underground – and almost every household has a battered old A-Z somewhere. But over the last year there has been …
World of Murder Maps
Who created the first ‘murder map’? What did it show, and where?
Unsolved Murders in London: 2010
These ten cases of homicide (murder and manslaughter) in London in 2010 remain unsolved. Can you help? Call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. Sukhwinder Singh, a 31-year-old builder, was stabbed in the heart after trying to stop robbers stealing a woman’s handbag. On 8 January 2010 he chased two muggers who attacked a 28 year-old …