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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‘Wall of Silence’: The unsolved murder of Abraham Badru
Police say they found no evidence to support a possible motive for the shooting of a 26-year-old personal trainer who lived in fear of retribution from a gang he helped convict and put in jail more than a decade earlier
Insufficient evidence: Angelina Graham and the death of Martin Williams
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
‘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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Year of the Ripper: Emily Roberts
On Saturday, October 16, 1888, twelve year-old Emily Roberts saw her mother and father quarrelling in the street outside 4 Essex Place in Hackney Road. They were both drunk. First her mother knocked her father to the ground with her hand, and father returned the favour by knocking mother to… You must be a paid …