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
Category archives: The Justice System
‘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.
‘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.
‘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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Unlocking the evidence: How police try to ‘hack’ phones seized in murder cases
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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