Reading the recent stories about plans to introduce US-style murder charges to the UK, it seems very few people understand how our system works. It began with Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, joining calls for the offence to be split into first and second degree murder – first degree for intentional killing and second degree …
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‘One Punch Manslaughters’
It seems like a rare event, a freak occurrence – an innocent person is hit with a single punch and falls back on to the pavement, striking their head hard on the ground. Tragically they suffer a fractured skull and brain damage and die within a few days despite advanced medical treatment. That is exactly …
The Identity of Jon Venables
How many people know Jon Venables’ new identity? Well, for a start, everybody who was in court 14 of the Old Bailey last Friday morning. Given the number of times we were told his life was under threat, it was a big surprise to hear the name he adopted in 2001 being read out by the …
Unsolved Murders in London: 2009
These seven cases remain unsolved. Can you help? Eighty-one year-old Molly Morgan died after being mugged in the street on January 15, 2009. Molly was on her way to Kenton Library to hear a lecture on ‘Buildings of London’ when she was attacked in Streatfield Road, Harrow, at 7.40pm. Her handbag was pulled so violently …
Unsolved murders in London: 2008
These 12 cases remain unsolved. Can you help? Ade Pukeliene, 57, died after being robbed by two masked men on a scooter as she walked home from work. The Lithuanian grandmother fell to the ground and fractured her skull after the muggers snatched her bag in Emerald Close in Beckton at around 6.45am on 28 February …