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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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?
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 …
A 28-year-old marketing manager was found strangled in her flat in Walthamstow after police were alerted to the death of her partner in a car crash 45 miles away in Cambridgeshire. Did he kill her and then kill himself, or could there be another explanation?
A 35-year-old Albanian illegal immigrant died after a fire broke out in a garage being used to grow cannabis plants. Police initially investigated the case as a homicide because of concerns he was forced to live there against his own will. But while the evidence suggests that was not the case, some mysteries still remain. Why was the garage locked from the outside? And what happened to the key?
