“Two high-profile murders of young women which took place more than 30 years ago have been linked by DNA evidence. Scotland Yard are hoping that the link could lead to the solving of the murders of a Playboy bunny and a schoolgirl.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Charges could finally be brought in the case of Genette Tate, the newspaper girl who disappeared on her delivery round 29 years ago.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Entertainer Michael Barrymore will not face charges over the death of Stuart Lubbock at his former home in 2001.”
BBC News, 10th September 2007
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“Michael Barrymore is to answer bail later after he was quizzed by police over the death of a man found dead by a swimming pool at his former home.”
BBC News, 9th September 2007
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“Lawyers for the two men convicted of the ‘Essex Boys’ murders in which three drug dealers were shot dead in a Range Rover in a country lane say they are hopeful the case will be reopened as a result of fresh evidence. The case is being re-examined by the Criminal Cases Review Commission and has been submitted to the European court of human rights.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A self-styled wrestling expert has been jailed for life for choking a disabled man to death.”
BBC News, 6th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Criminal Cases Review Commission has agreed to look again at the conviction of a man jailed for a triple murder in Essex 12 years ago.”
BBC News, 7th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three teenagers have been convicted of murder and one of manslaughter over the death of 19-year-old Liam Smith who was shot outside Altcourse prison.”
BBC News, 24th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Home Secretary believes that Philip Lawrence’s killer poses a ‘continuing risk to the public’, according to papers that the courts tried to prevent being published.”
The Times, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The solicitor for the killer of the headmaster Philip Lawrence claimed today the Government has no chance in its appeal against a ruling that his client should be allowed to stay in the UK.”
The Times, 21st August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government will challenge “robustly” the decision to allow the man who knifed head teacher Philip Lawrence to death to stay in the UK.”
BBC News, 21st August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The man who knifed head teacher Philip Lawrence to death has been allowed to stay in the UK after winning an appeal against deportation.”
BBC News, 20th August 2007
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“Social Services chiefs are investigating the murders of vulnerable children even though blunders by their own staff may have contributed to the tragedies, writes Ben Leapman.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The way a police force handled a man who went on to murder his partner’s 13-month-old son is to be investigated.”
BBC News, 15th August 2007
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“A serial killer who knifed four people to death within three days has been found dead at Broadmoor Hospital.”
BBC News, 9th August 2007
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“A report into the murder of an 11-year-old boy by a fellow school pupil is due to be published.”
BBC News, 8th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A restaurant owner accused of killing a schoolgirl and joking that her remains had been put into kebabs will face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 17-year-old girl and her boyfriend were jailed yesterday for torturing a friend with severe learning difficulties before forcing him to fall to his death from a 100ft railway viaduct.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three men have been jailed for beating a homeless man to death in a ‘happy slapping’ incident.”
BBC News, 27th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man and a teenage girl have been found guilty of the murder of a man with learning disabilities.”
BBC News, 27th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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