Murder Inc. #21 (Nov 07)

My amateur effort to keep track of the murdered body count in this "scepter'd Isle" since July 3rd 2007, as the government and the liberals insist that crime figures are falling and there is no need to look again at sentencing policy. 

In 1960 there were approximately 250 homicides a year.  This year, in only 4 months we have already exceeded that total, and done it despite huge improvements in A&E that have saved many lives that would have been lost 40 years ago.

My sources are the BBC News sites which do not necessarily report every homicide on the main regional bulletins, so this is not an exhaustive list. For my purposes, men and women are 17+ years and children are 16- years.

TOTAL SINCE 3/7:  183 men:  51 women:  24 children:

CODES: EN= England, SC=Scotland, NI=Northern Island, WA=Wales.

Thu 1st - Thu 8th Nov

Not a good start for the ladies this month, especially if you were old and in hospital which used to be thought of as a sanctuary.  Anyway, 5 of you were 'offed' in the first week! Also note, a 13-yr old was charged with murder after bashing a man on the head and burning him in a bonfire - 13 years old!

• EN: Chilwell: Man 40s, assaulted, died.
• EN: Plymouth: Man 90, assaulted over parking place
• EN: Horsham: Boy 15, attacked at party, man 18 arr.
• EN: Soton: Man 32 stabbed in fight, 2 men arr.
• EN: Reepham: Woman 80, man arr.
• EN: Helston: Woman 39, man 64 arr.
• EN: Lewisham: Woman 84, killed in hosp, man 85 arr.
• EN: Leeds: Man 20/30s found dead by canal
• EN: Hull: Man 20s, stabbed, man 22 arr.
• EN: Sheffield: Man 46, woman 34, dead in house, man arr.
• EN: Wirral: Man 34, head inj, burnt in bonfire, 13-yr old charged
• EN: Bolton: Man 34, hit and run
• EN: Runcorn: Boy 2, man 24, woman 22 arr.
• EN: Leics: 2 elderly women, in nursing home, man arr.
• NI: Dungannon: Man 20, beaten to death, 2 men arr.
• EN: Stourbridge: Man 24, 2 men arr.

By providing these bare details I hope to impress on you that these are not just statistics but were real human beings with families, friends and a future before them - just like me and you, really!

My amateur effort to keep track of the murdered body count in this "scepter'd Isle" since July 3rd 2007, as the government and the liberals insist that crime figures are falling and there is no need to look again at sentencing policy. 

In 1960 there were approximately 250 homicides a year.  This year, in only 4 months we have already exceeded that total, and done it despite huge improvements in A&E that have saved many lives that would have been lost 40 years ago.

My sources are the BBC News sites which do not necessarily report every homicide on the main regional bulletins, so this is not an exhaustive list. For my purposes, men and women are 17+ years and children are 16- years.

TOTAL SINCE 3/7:  183 men:  51 women:  24 children:

CODES: EN= England, SC=Scotland, NI=Northern Island, WA=Wales.