Killer Dennis McGrory got away with the murder of his teenage niece for nearly 50 years before a review of the case secured new DNA evidence linking him to the crime
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Shot dead in his mother’s car: The unsolved murder of Leon Forbes
Leon Forbes was beginning to make a name for himself as a talented young music producer when he was shot dead near his home in in Clapham, south London, on 7 December 2003.
Burglar convicted of killing elderly siblings in 1993
William Bryan, 71, and Anne Castle, 74, had lived together at the flat on the Minerva estate in Bethnal Green, east London, for nearly five decades. It was first occupied by Anne and her husband, who bought it together in 1943. Two years later William, who became ill after the Second World War and worked …
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Killed by her son: The death of Loretta Herman
A DJ strangled his 85-year-old mother at their home in Ilford six months after he was referred to a mental health crisis team because of concerns about his behaviour. Could her death have been prevented?
The Silver Bullet Murder
Fashion designer Aristos Constantinou was shot dead at his home in Hampstead on 1 January 1985. The 40 year-old tycoon was attacked shortly after he returned home from a New Year’s Eve party with his wife Elena. He was shot six times at close range with an Italian-made Fiocchi gun using nickel-jacketed bullets – leading …