Norma Richards, 27, and her daughters Samantha, 9, and Syretta, 7, were murdered at their home in east London in July 1982. The killer got away with his crimes for nearly three decades.
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Soldier killed in arson attack: Noddy Richards
Lance Corporal Neville Richards, 22, died after his home in Battersea was set on fire on 26 December 1982.
The Regent’s Park Bombing of 1982
Seven military bandsmen were killed by an IRA bomb in Regent’s Park on 20 July 1982.
The 1982 Hyde Park Bombing
Four soldiers were killed by an IRA bomb at Hyde Park in central London on 20 July 1982. Corporal Roy John Bright, 36, Lieutenant Denis Richard Anthony Daly, 23, Lance Corporal Jeffrey Vernon Young, 19, and Simon Andrew Tipper, 19, were all members of the Royal Household Cavalry, Blues and Royals. They were riding from …
The Serial Killer Next Door: Dennis Nilsen
In February 1983 a tenant at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill complained that the toilets were blocked and the Dyno-rod company was called in to investigate. What they discovered in the drains would lead to the arrest of one of Britain’s most prolific serial killers. Dennis Nilsen, a 37 year-old civil servant living in …
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