A mother-of-two reported her drug-addicted husband to police for assault and theft. He was given a police caution and she started divorce proceedings to start a new chapter of her life. Eleven months later he stabbed her to death and stole her jewellery.
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Burglar convicted of killing elderly siblings in 1993
William Bryan, 71, and Anne Castle, 74, had lived together at the flat on the Minerva estate in Bethnal Green, east London, for nearly five decades. It was first occupied by Anne and her husband, who bought it together in 1943. Two years later William, who became ill after the Second World War and worked …
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Open Verdict: The death of Paul Dwyer
The suspect accused of killing a 51-year-old street magician was cleared of manslaughter after the prosecution offered no evidence at court. A coroner later concluded it was not possible to say how he died
Unsolved murder at the Railway Arms: John Kennedy
The 31-year-old brother of a boyband singer was stabbed to death in Wapping, east London, on 8 February 1997.
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 …