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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Somewhere within the Metropolitan Police there is a laboratory full of mobile phones gathered during criminal investigations. Some of those phones were taken from murder suspects. Others belonged to murder victims. They all have one thing in common: they might contain crucial information that could help solve a crime. The… You must be a paid …
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Murders in London decreased by around 20% during the past year of Covid restrictions compared to the previous year. How? And why? This post is a follow-up to our previous look at the effect of lockdown restrictions on homicides (murder and manslaughter) in London during the initial 50 day period… You must be a paid …
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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