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Jason Marshall met 58-year-old victim through a dating site and was let into his Northolt bungalow. On or around 7 January 2013 Marshall bound, gagged and murdered the victim while music by Wagner and Mendelssohn played. The killing was initially treated as an accidental fire but was later revealed by webcam footage discovered on the victim’s computer. After the murder Marshall fled to Rome, where he killed one man and assaulted another before being arrested and extradited to the UK.

In the early hours of 11 November 2017, the victim was parked with a friend on Lady Margaret Road, Southall, when a hooded gunman fired a shotgun into his car, shooting him twice. The victim died at St Mary’s Hospital at 3.32am. The attackers fled in a stolen VW Tiguan with false plates. The car was later set on fire by an accomplice to destroy evidence. Police investigations linked the attackers through phone data, CCTV, and vehicle movements.

On 5 June 2018 around 3pm, the victim, aged 49, was attacked in the prison exercise yard at Woodhill Prison. Jibreel Raheem joined Stephen Boorman and James Brabbs in a savage assault using homemade weapons. The attackers blocked medics from reaching their victim for 40 minutes. The victim died from severe head and facial injuries en route to hospital.

In March 2013, over a span of 10 days, Joanne Dennehy brutally stabbed and concealed the bodies of the first victim, the second victim and the third victim in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. She subsequently fled with her accomplice Gary Stretch, randomly selecting new victims, which included dog walkers the fourth victim and the fifth victim. Both men were left to die by the killer, but miraculously survived.

On 19 August 2018, just after midday, Xuereb targeted a 64-year-old woman and her 30-year-old daughter outside their flats on Adderley Gardens, Eltham. He crept up behind them, swinging a hammer and striking them repeatedly in the head and face. The assault left both women unconscious on the street, yet Xuereb continued to hammer their heads before fleeing. Both victims were hospitalised for weeks with life-changing injuries. Xuereb was arrested later that day in Bexley.

On 2 June 2018, Ian Ford was involved in a shooting on Southampton Way, Southwark. He and Kieron Holt were in a vehicle that chased the victims' car, ramming it to force it to stop before a gun was fired from the window. The driver, a 22-year-old man, was shot in the face and torso, suffering a broken jaw and blindness in one eye. Ford was arrested by armed police on 7 June 2018.

On 4th August 2002, Ian Kevin Huntley enticed two 10-year-old girls, the victims, into his house in Soham, Cambridgeshire, after they left a family barbecue to buy sweets. He murdered both girls; the exact method known only to him. He attempted to destroy evidence by burning their bodies, which were later found in a ditch near an airbase at Mildenhall in Suffolk after a two-week search. During his trial, he falsely claimed one of the victims drowned in the bath and he killed the other to silence her screams, but the jury concluded he was lying. The case revealed failures in police vetting procedures despite prior sex allegations against him.

Gonzalo Andreas Gomez Remolina, 40, and his brother Cristian launched a vicious attack on the first victim and the second victim in Clapham in June 2007. The brothers, using false Mexican passports, lured the victims to the first victim's flat. The first victim was stabbed over 30 times and died at the scene; the second victim, an innocent bystander, was stabbed eight times while trying to escape and died in hospital hours later. The motive was a dispute over stolen goods from burglaries they had committed together. CCTV showed the brothers scouting targets days before. Witnesses heard screams and saw one killer fleeing in a wig. Cristian was linked by DNA, while Gonzalo was identified through surrounding evidence. They fled to France and Spain within hours. Cristian was arrested but later took his own life in prison. Gonzalo was discovered imprisoned in Mexico for robbery in 2011 and extradited to the UK in 2018. He was found guilty of both murders.

Geoffrey Downs stabbed the victim from Galashiels, Scotland, at the Sir Robert Peel Public House in Langdale Close, SE17, on 25 February. The victim was found with a stab wound to his chest, rushed to hospital by the London Ambulance Service, and died on 10 March from multiple organ failure caused by the wound.

Eduardo Embalo was involved in the fatal stabbing of the victim on 22 April near Exeter Road and Arbour Road in Enfield. The victim suffered a single stab wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at 2.16pm. Embalo was spotted acting suspiciously by the National Police Air Service near the scene and arrested.

Elliott Robinson, 22, was a participant in the deliberate arson attack at a home in Woolwich, where petrol was set alight outside the front door. The blaze killed the 46-year-old victim from smoke inhalation. Two cousins who attempted to rescue her were seriously injured after jumping from an upstairs window. Witnesses saw a pillion passenger on a motorbike set the fire before fleeing. The attack stemmed from a drugs dispute linked to a family member of the cousins.

On 12 October 2017, a fight broke out on Plashet Road in Newham, East London. Emdadul Islam, who had been getting a haircut nearby, retrieved a baseball bat from his car and struck the 31-year-old victim twice on the head, causing a fractured skull. The victim died five days later. Islam was arrested after his solicitor contacted police on 23 October 2017. He was found guilty of manslaughter and also pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon.

Emma Hall participated in the brutal assault on the victim, 18, drove him to the murder site, helped conceal evidence by burning belongings, and cleaned bloodstains. She tipped off police on May 28 after Danby planned further mutilation.

Eugeniu Neamtu, 59, who went by the name Jimmy, was convicted of murdering a flatmate in Walthamstow, east London, on 20 February 2026. He delivered a fatal knife wound to the flatmate's chest. Prosecutors described the circumstances as strikingly similar to a previous murder in Romania, for which he had stabbed a housemate in the chest during a drunken dispute over money in May 2007. He was released in 2023 and later moved to the UK.

On 15 April 2018, Jordan Clarke stabbed his aunt by marriage, the victim, 39, over 50 times at an address in Brixton. She was pronounced dead at 7.11pm. Clarke was suffering from psychosis, believing he was followed by undercover police. In the days before, his behaviour had worsened, and an unexpected visit from his uncle and aunt agitated him. He locked family members in the kitchen before attacking. His father confronted him and he said, 'I have killed the victim.' He was charged with murder but convicted of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility at the Central Criminal Court. On Monday 18 November, he was given an indefinite hospital order with a Section 41 restriction.

Joshua Cowley, of Hounslow, ambushed the 19-year-old victim in Hanworth Park, Feltham, west London, on January 24 2024, along with Daniel Matos and Keith Preddie. They subjected him to a brutal knife attack, stabbing him in the neck and leaving him for dead in thick grass near his bicycle. The victim was a runner for a local drug-dealing business. They cycled to the scene armed with two knives. After the attack, Cowley went to his home with Keith Preddie.

On 11 October 2018, Sidhu and co-defendant Philip Babatunde Fashakin shot the 22-year-old victim through the passenger window of a black Mercedes on Central Avenue, Hayes, Hillingdon. The victim was a passenger; the driver sped off but crashed into parked cars on West Drayton Road. A passing ambulance crew pronounced the victim dead at the scene. Following the murder, Sidhu and Fashakin were captured on CCTV dumping bloodied clothing and purchasing new SIM cards to evade detection. Sidhu was arrested on 30 October at a Birmingham hotel using a fake ID.

Khalid Ashraf strangled his sister the victim, 35, at a flat in Isle of Dogs, on 5 January. He was charged with murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. He was diagnosed with paranoid psychosis. On 13 November, he was sentenced to indefinite detention under Section 41 of the Mental Health Act.

On 26 June 2017, police were called to White Horse Road, East Ham, after a stabbing near the Gresham Road junction. the victim, 34, had been drinking with others in Central Park earlier that day. Tensions from a previous dispute escalated when the victim and Keith Nelson crossed paths that evening. Nelson went home, armed himself with two knives, and returned to attack the victim and a second victim. He stabbed the victim in the chest, causing a fatal injury, and also wounded the other man before fleeing. Nelson was arrested on 28 June 2017 and subsequently charged with murder.

Keith Preddie, of Feltham, ambushed 19-year-old the victim in Hanworth Park, Feltham, west London, on January 24 2024, along with Daniel Matos and Joshua Cowley. They subjected him to a brutal knife attack, stabbing him in the neck and leaving him for dead in thick grass near his bicycle. The victim was a runner for a local drug-dealing business. They cycled to the scene armed with two knives. After the attack, Preddie went to Joshua Cowley's home.

Kevin Lusala, 23, from Orpington, conspired with others to rob the 22-year-old victim. On 4-5 November 2018, the female defendant lured the victim to a Bromley car park where Lusala and his gang ambushed him. Lusala, armed with a large knife, stabbed the victim multiple times while he sat in his car. The victim managed to stagger to a nearby home, alerting residents before collapsing. He died from 16 stab wounds causing massive bleeding.

On 2 June 2018, Kieron Holt was involved in a shooting on Southampton Way, Southwark. He and Ian Ford were in a vehicle that chased the victims' car, ramming it to force it to stop before a gun was fired. The driver, a 22-year-old man, was shot in the face and torso, suffering a broken jaw and blindness. Holt pleaded guilty to attempted murder and firearm possession.

Thomas Peter murdered his wife, the victim, on August 2, 2018, after subjecting her to years of violence, emotional abuse, and adultery. On the night of the murder, the victim's daughters heard a muffled scream, and Peter claimed she had gone for a walk. They later saw smoke from the bedroom. Firefighters found the victim's body with burns, marks to the head and neck, and a flannel in her mouth. Peter had previously locked the bedroom door and lied to his daughters.

Sean Maurice repeatedly stabbed his father the victim, 52, at the family home in Bromley, south-east London on the evening of September 14, 2021. He stabbed him 30 times in the back and chest. He fled the scene but was apprehended by police. He told officers that his father had abused and raped him. He was arrested and later admitted manslaughter.

On 5 June 2018 around 3pm, the victim, aged 49, was attacked in the prison exercise yard at Woodhill Prison. Boorman punched the victim to the ground before all three launched a savage assault using homemade weapons. The attackers blocked medics from reaching their victim for 40 minutes. The victim died from severe head and facial injuries en route to hospital.

On 1 February 2018, the victim, aged three, was travelling in an Audi convertible with four adults including the victim's mother and Stephen Waterson. The victim was placed in the footwell behind Waterson's seat. Waterson pushed his electrically-operated seat back, trapping the victim beneath it with up to 81kg of pressure, causing fatal crush asphyxia. The victim was found with burst blood vessels around his eyes. Waterson and others lied to paramedics, claiming they were in a taxi. He coordinated the cover-up, attempted to sell the vehicle, and later attacked the driver to prevent him from speaking.

Vladimer Rutkovskis stabbed a 22-year-old recruitment agency worker in Ealing on 22 March 2023 after a brief conversation. He stabbed the victim multiple times in the chest, neck, and head, causing life-threatening injuries. The victim later recovered. Less than two weeks later, on 3 April 2018, Rutkovskis stabbed an unsuspecting workman in the neck and back at a building site in Horley, Surrey, during a delivery collection. The victim survived. Rutkovskis was arrested at the scene after being restrained by other workers. Police found two kitchen knives in his possession. He was subsequently linked to both attacks during a prison interview.

Yurii Muzyka repeatedly harassed and stalked his former partner after she ended their relationship, traced her movements with a tracker in their daughter’s scooter, and threatened to harm her. After learning she had entered her home with another man, he travelled to the flat, kicked down the door armed with a knife and a chisel, and stabbed her six times while their daughter was asleep in another room. He then filmed a selfie video as she lay dying and sent a message to the victim's mother before stabbing himself.

William Kydd, 54, of Feltham, murdered 74-year-old the victim at her home in Teddington. Emergency services attended a deliberately set fire at around 1am on 21 August 2018 and discovered the victim's body. A post-mortem found she died from smoke inhalation and a head injury after a brutal attack. Forensic evidence showed four separate seats of fire and internal doors deliberately closed. CCTV captured Kydd leaving the property minutes before the fire was reported. He had access to ignition tools and never contacted the victim after the murder. Arrested on 25 August 2018 and re-arrested on 28 November 2018, he was charged with murder the following day.

On August 16, 2025, in the early hours, Duane Owusu, 36, threw aspiring accountant the victim, 27, a deaf woman he had never met before, out of an overcrowded Mercedes in Romford, east London. He then punched her in a wholly unprovoked attack, causing a fatal head injury. Instead of helping, Owusu got back in the car and fled the scene in Chadwell Heath, leaving her to die at 4.30am. The incident was captured on CCTV and witnessed by his friends. Shortly after, police stopped and searched the car.

Daniel Matos, of Hounslow, ambushed the 19-year-old victim in Hanworth Park, Feltham, west London, on January 24 2024, along with Keith Preddie and Joshua Cowley. They subjected him to a brutal knife attack, stabbing him in the neck and leaving him for dead in thick grass near his bicycle. The victim was a runner for a local drug-dealing business. Matos's GPS tag tracked them cycling to the scene armed with two knives. His DNA was on a cigarette beside the body and the victim's blood was on his hoodie sleeve.

A 15-year-old victim died in April 2007 after an unsupervised seven-metre-high unstable wall fell on him while he was working as a labourer for Colin Holtom's building company at a site in Hadley Wood, north London. No safety equipment such as hard hats or protective boots was provided, only a sledgehammer and pneumatic drill. Holtom instructed the victim to prop up the leaning wall from the neighbour's garden instead of intervening himself.

Ayoub Majdouline, 19, was part of a gang that targeted the 14-year-old victim in Leyton on 8 January. A black Mercedes deliberately rammed the victim's moped, knocking him off. Majdouline, wearing yellow rubber gloves, and two accomplices stabbed the victim nine times in a 7-second attack, then fled. The victim died from his injuries. Forensic evidence including bloodied knives and gloves linked Majdouline to the crime. He was arrested on 19 January and charged.

Bamidele Fawehinmi, 33, from Haringey, treated the victim, a 55-year-old former chef, as his 'lackey' in a 'cuckoo' flat in Hackney. Over five weeks he subjected the victim to sustained violent attacks, forcing him to sleep on a mattress in a garage alongside pitbull dogs. The victim sustained fractures to ribs, chest and head plus brain injuries and was found in a foetal position. He had been dead or dying for several days before discovery. Fawehinmi transported the injured victim from Wickford, Essex to the Hackney flat. He was arrested after attempting to flee to Nigeria.