The case of 18 year-old Oluwadamilola Odeyingbo has been removed from the database after the Metropolitan Police concluded it was not a homicide. Their decision was taken after a special post-mortem gave a cause of death as multiple organ failure from a pre-existing medical condition. The police statement reads: The cause of death has been […]
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Off the Map: Gregory Peake
The death of 26 year-old Gregory Peake in Shoreditch in March 2017 was initially investigated as a murder. Two months later the Homicide and Major Crime Command announced that the death was no longer being treated as suspicious. As a result the case has been deleted from the murdermap database, although the police press releases relating […]
Off the Map: The tragic case of Mahesh Mehta
One of the most common complaints about the justice system is that the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. Either the sentence is too lenient or the law fails to reflect the seriousness of an offence. The death of 55 year-old businessman Mahesh Mehta is a case in point. The fruit and vegetable wholesaler was robbed […]