Inquest reveals ‘missed safeguarding opportunities’ to prevent the murder of 31-year-old Laura Rakstelyte at her home in Ilford, east London
Category archives: Court Reports
‘Lawful Killing’: How a suspected triple murder was confirmed as self defence
Gurjeet Singh told police he stabbed three men to death in an east London street because he was in fear of his life. This is how the investigation unfolded.
‘He didn’t know his killer’: The unsolved murder of Richard Odunze-Dim
A 20-year-old student who was shot dead at a house in Edmonton was an innocent victim and not the intended target, an inquest heard.
Mistaken Identity: The unsolved murder of David Adegbite
An 18-year-old student who was shot dead on a housing estate in Barking was ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’, an inquest heard. The anonymous 999 call came in from an unregistered pay-as-you-go phone at 7.09pm on 19 March 2017. A man told the operator that his friend… You must be a paid …
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‘A History of Violence’: The Killing of Tracey Kidd
Paul Vissers could serve just four years in prison after prosecutors decided to drop a murder charge and accept a plea to manslaughter. Why? At 4.15pm on 17 March 2020 Paul Vissers, a 40-year-old drug user with a criminal record, walked into Stoke Newington to report that he had found… You must be a paid …
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