We have counted 106 homicides in London for 2022. Although that figure may rise or fall depending on the outcome of investigations, it amounts to an 18 per cent fall from the 127 we counted in 2021.
Category archives: Feature
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
Shot dead in his mother’s car: The unsolved murder of Leon Forbes
Leon Forbes was beginning to make a name for himself as a talented young music producer when he was shot dead near his home in in Clapham, south London, on 7 December 2003.
Killed by her son: The death of Loretta Herman
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?
Timeline of a suspected ‘homicide-suicide’
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?