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.
Category archives: Court Reports
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”.
Double jeopardy: The murder of Jacqueline Montgomery in 1975
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
Trapped in a cannabis factory: The life and death of Ermal Qose
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?
Open Verdict: The death of Paul Dwyer
The suspect accused of killing a 51-year-old street magician was cleared of manslaughter after the prosecution offered no evidence at court. A coroner later concluded it was not possible to say how he died