Police initially launched a murder investigation after a 52-year-old carpenter was punched to the ground outside his home in Lambeth, south London. The suspect was never charged and at an inquest five years later the coroner concluded the attacker acted in self defence.
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‘No suspects’: The unsolved murder of Andrew Oteng-Owusu in 2016
A 19-year-old student was stabbed to death 50 yards from his home minutes after receiving a phone call, an inquest heard
The unsolved murder of Sami Sidhom: ‘He did nothing wrong’
The 18-year-old student was walking home from watching a West Ham football match when he was chased and stabbed to death by at least three people. Was he unwittingly caught up in a gang dispute and targeted by mistake? His family are still waiting for answers and justice.
London Gangs and Murder: Waltham Forest and the ‘Mali Boys’
Gang conflict in the London borough of Waltham Forest is believed to be responsible for at least five murders since 2016. A series of murder cases including the targeted stabbing of 14-year-old Jaden Moodie have resulted from a cycle of ‘tit-for-tat’ or revenge attacks involving a group known as the… You must be a paid …
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Off The Map: Edvinas Lukosevicius
The death of a Lithuanian man in Hounslow was initially treated as a suspected murder. More than a year later a coroner concluded the case was “alcohol-related”.