Police and local agencies were unaware of a long history of domestic abuse leading up to the death of a 39-year-old midwife. How could it have been prevented? Simbiso first met her killer when she was around 17 or 18 years old. Although Garikayi Moula was then aged 30, they… You must be a paid …
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Police were unable to prove who killed the 41-year-old care worker with a single punch outside his home. Or was it self defence? The first thing the neighbours noticed was the sound of an escalating argument coming from number 13 Gordon Road in Yiewsley, west London. It appeared to start… You must be a paid …
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A ten-week old baby died of severe head injuries just over a week after being discharged from hospital to go home with her parents. What happened? Lily-Mai Hurrell Saint George was born prematurely on 21 November 2017 and spent the first two months of her life in hospital. She was… You must be a paid …
Experts decided a teenage student died of natural causes rather than as a result of any assault – but his family say there are unanswered questions. Oluwadamilola ‘Dami’ Odeyingbo was 18 when he collapsed in a garden in Chislehurst on 9 January 2018. Police were called to the scene in… You must be a paid …
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The 21-year-old student was killed by her husband after asking for a divorce, according to evidence heard at an inquest. The killer dialled 999 at 12.07pm on 10 October 2019 and said the police needed to go to a house at 16 Ambleside Road in Harlesden. “I have just killed… You must be a paid …
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