Stephen Lawrence, an 18 year-old A Level student, was stabbed to death in Eltham, southeast London, on 22 April 1993. He and his friend Duwayne Brooks were approached by up to six white youths and racially abused as they waited near a bus stop on Well Hall Road. Although Mr… You must be a paid …
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The unsolved murder of Michael Page
Eighteen year-old Michael Page was stabbed to death as he walked home from a party on 4 June 1978.
‘The curse of knife crime in London’: A year of fatal stabbings
A total of 80 people, including 26 teenagers, were stabbed to death in the capital in 2021. That’s one person killed with a knife every four-and-a-half days.
An unprovoked attack: The unsolved murder of Ricky Smith
Ricky Smith, 25, was stabbed to death in front of his partner in an unprovoked attack in Highbury, north London, on Friday, 3 October 1997. The couple were walking home from a kebab house when they were approached by the killer in Highbury Park near Hamilton Park just before midnight. Ricky was immediately stabbed in …
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Year of the Ripper: Martha Tabram
In the early hours of Tuesday, 6 August 1888, Martha Tabram was found dead on the first floor landing of a block of model dwellings in Whitechapel, the George Yard Buildings. She had been stabbed 39 times and it was reported at the inquest that her left lung had been… You must be a paid …