Please note ADDITIONAL 13/10: As I indicated on previous posts in this series, this is my amateurish effort to record the murders in the UK based on BBC news reports. I also indicated that the first two months were unreliable mainly because to begin with I only used the main "BBC UK" page and failed to go to each of the regional pages - mea culpa! This weakness in my overall statistics has been worrying me and because, at last, I have had a sensible comment on the subject I thought now was the time to correct my error. I have decided to start my rolling totals from the 3rd July (instead of 17th May), in other words I have subtracted the totals from my post "They died in vain #6" and started again at zero from that date. This subtracted 58 male, 38 female and 19 children from the previous rolling total and I have amended the figures at the bottom of this post accordingly.
Even so, readers should be aware that I am completely at the mercy of the BBC News sites and they can be subject to several vagaries, such as, failing to report a murder at all in which case I only find out later if and when a suspect is arrested or charged, and, simply reporting an unexplained death and failing to follow up. Also readers should be aware that I apply my standards as to what does or does not constitute murder, that is, an act leading to death taken with malice and violence, an act leading to death whilst carrying out an illegal action, an act (or lack of action) leading to death and amounting to criminal negligence. I will try and indicate any marginal cases so that readers can judge for themselves.
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This my amateur effort to incorporate into one log all the men, women and children murdered in the UK since July 3rd 2007. I will update it regularly until it is about to 'drop off' the bottom of the page when I will re-post it. I have re-named it as of 1/9 and previous entries with a different layout can be seen under the headings "They died in vain". For my purposes, adults are 17 yrs or more, children are 16 yrs or less.
CODES: EN= England, SC=Scotland, NI=Northern Island, WA=Wales.
By providing these bare details I hope to impress on you that these are real human beings not just statistics:
Mon 29th - Wed 31st
- EN: Portsmouth: Man 19, head injuries, man 19 arr.
- EN: Axbridge: Woman 40s stabbed, man suicide in car fire.
- EN: Lancs: Man dead in hotel, woman arr.
- EN: Bailygate: Man's body found in castle well.
- NI: Belfast: Woman 40s, dead in house, man arr.
- WA: Usk: Man 26, in fancy-dress collecting for charity, ass, 2 men arr.
Sun 21st - Sun 28th Oct
You will see below the brief details of a woman and her mentally disabled daughter. The mother killed the daughter and herself by setting the car on fire. It transpires that they had been the victims of constant abuse and bullying by local children over a considerable period. The police did nothing and are reported to be "asking themselves questions". So that's alright, then!
- EN: Dartford; Woman, no details, man 44 arr.
- EN: Fawley: Man 32, assaulted by 20+ youths, 3 arr.
- EN: Plymouth: Man 42, drug o/d in toilet
- EN: Gateshead: Boy 16, hit & run
- NI: S. Armagh: Man 21 lured over border, beaten to death
- SC: E. Calder: Man, body found after incident, man arr.
- EN: Man 34, killed by car, driver drunk, arr.
- EN: Bradford: Man 41, stabbed, youth 17 arr.
- SC: Wishan: Man dead after inident at home, man arr.
- SC: Livingstone: Boy 7, hit & run, man arr.
- WA: Cardiff: Man 22 died after assault 14/10
- EN: Leics: Mother kills daughter then suicide - see note
- EN: Streatham: Man 35, shot, friend wounded
- EN: Marchington: Woman dead by roadside, man arr.
- EN: Leeds: Woman 19, assaulted in alley
- EN: Uttoxeter: Man 77/woman 65 dead in scrapyard, man arr
- EN: Appleby: Woman dead in house, man arr.
Tue 14th - Sat 20th Oct
- EN: Plumstead: Man 18 shot, 21st teen murdered in L'don this year
- EN: Sheffield: Boy 16, shot
- WA: Narberth: man 86, head injuries in nursing home
Sat 13th - Mon 15th
Four murders in Scotland over the weekend - good job their football team didn't lose!
- EN: Thamesmead: Man 44, stabbed, 5 men arr.
- SC: Glasgow: Man 42, fight
- EN: Halstead: Man 54, head injuries, man 18 arr.
- NI: Cavehill: Man 30s, fall from cliff, mann 24 arr.
- SC: Glasgow: Man 37, stabbed at home, 2 men arr.
- SC: Motherwell: Man 20, at home, woman 20 arr.
- SC: Glasgow: Man 56, sustained assault, man 43 arr.
Wed 10th - Fri 12th
- EN: W'hampton: Man dead in street, man arr.
- EN: Man 34, in June fell thro' roof, criminal negligence, boss on trial
- WA: Woman on 27/9, man arr.
Mon 8th - Tue 9th
- EN: Huddersfield: Man dead in pond, man arr.
- EN: Tavistock: Woman 40s, dead in car, woman arr.
- EN: Tameside: Man 33, stabbed, woman 26 arr.
- EN: PLaistow: Man 17, stabbed stopping robbery
- NI: Ballykelly: Woman, drug o.d. during party
Sat 6th Oct - Sun 7th
- EN: Leicester: Boy 2, man 38 arr.
- WA: St. Athan: Man 47, on 8/8, youth 17 arr
- EN: Portsmouth: Man 33, in flats, man arr.
- EN: Manchester: Woman 41, multi stab, man arr.
- EN: Huddersfield: Woman 40, multi stab, man 22 arr.
- EN: New Cross: Woman 47 (daughter in hosp), fire, man arr.
Mon 1st Oct - Fri 5th
- EN: Sheffield: Man 80! newsagent killed, 2 arrests aged 15 & 20.
- EN: Bilston: Boy 16 drowned by youths throwing rocks, 3 arr.
- EN: Sheffield: Girl 14, dead in house, man arr.
- WA: Woman 24, killed walking dog, youth 16 arr.
- EN: Woman 26, shot in x-fire in gang war, 4 arr, incl 1 woman.
- EN: Stockwell: Man 26 shot in stairwell.
- EN: Nottingham: Man, body found in burning car.
- EN: B'ham: Man, body in park.
- SC: Isle Islay: Man, dead in street.
TOTAL SINCE 3/7: 173 men: 46 women: 22 children:
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