Prosecutors dropped a manslaughter charge against a woman who assaulted her partner after doctors concluded they could not be sure her actions contributed to his death
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Unsolved murders in London: 2021
These 14 murder cases in London in 2021 remain unsolved. Can you help bring the killers to justice?
‘The curse of knife crime in London’: A year of fatal stabbings
A total of 80 people, including 26 teenagers, were stabbed to death in the capital in 2021. That’s one person killed with a knife every four-and-a-half days.
Restraining order ‘deleted by mistake’ before stalker killed ex-girlfriend
Inquest reveals ‘missed safeguarding opportunities’ to prevent the murder of 31-year-old Laura Rakstelyte at her home in Ilford, east London
‘No Crimed’: The Murders That Weren’t
Over the last five-years, the Metropolitan Police recorded a total of 28 deaths that were investigated by homicide detectives in London before being ‘no crimed’ as non-supicious deaths.