A 20-year-old student who was shot dead at a house in Edmonton was an innocent victim and not the intended target, an inquest heard.
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Mistaken Identity: The unsolved murder of David Adegbite
An 18-year-old student who was shot dead on a housing estate in Barking was ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’, an inquest heard. The anonymous 999 call came in from an unregistered pay-as-you-go phone at 7.09pm on 19 March 2017. A man told the operator that his friend… You must be a paid …
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‘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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‘A secret crime’: Coercive control and the murder of Simbiso Moula
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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‘Open Verdict’: The death of Robert Komuro
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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