- 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: 204 men: 60 women: 29 children:
CODES: EN= England, SC=Scotland, NI=Northern Island, WA=Wales.
Thu 15th - Tue 20th Nov
On Tuesday last, a young man shot dead in the street, or the Queen's highway, as it is amusingly known by the terminally old-fashioned, became the 23rd young man to die by bullet or blade in London this year. And two old ladies aged 80, died of shock and fear after burglars made forced entries to their homes. So, nothing to worry the liberal conscience then!
- EN: Stoke Newington: Man shot dead in street, no further details
- EN: Liverpool: Man following assault in street
- EN: Fallowfield: Woman 80, died after burglar forced entry, man arr
- EN: Walsall: Man dead in street, police treat as suspicious
- SC: Motherwell: Man 54, dead after assault in his flat
- SC: Inverclyde: Man 38, assaulted, man 38 arr
- EN: Chilham: Man 41 shot dead in street, man 48 arr
- EN: Coventry: Woman 46, arson attack on house, man 22 arr
- EN: Canning Town: Man 17, assault in street, 2 youths arr
- EN: Liverpool: Man 56 shot dead at home, man 29 arr
- EN: Wythenshawe: Man 25 stabbed, 3 men, 1 woman arr
- EN: Orpington: Woman 80, died after 2 burgalrs forced entry
- EN> Hartlepool: Man dead in house, Man 18 arr
- EN: Mirfield: Man 22 attacked by gang, 2 arr, one 18 the other 15
- WA: Location unknown: Man 47, boy 15 arr
- EN: Warrington: Man 20, stabbed in street, 2 men/2 women arr
- EN: Doncaster: Man 57 died in hosp. after arson attack, 6 days ago, 3 youths arr
Fri 9th - Wed 14th Nov
In the last few days, two boys, 14 and 16, have killed two men. Also, given the number of murders committed in the execution of burglary, is it not reasonable for all householders to assume murderous intent by any burglar and thus be justified in taking extreme measures to protect themselves and their families?
Additional: A family of seven, mum, dad and five children, were killed in a fire at their home in Omagh on Tuesday 13th. The police now say it was murder by arson. Accordingly, I have altered my figures above.
- EN: Swindon: Woman 44, dead in house, man arr.
- EN: Bristol: Man stabbed, man arr.
- EN: Ossett, Yorks: Woman dead in house, man arr.
- EN: Hornchurch: Man 33, dead in hotel, 2 men, 22 & 23, arr.
- SC: Johnstone: Man 39 killed in attack, man arr.
- WA: Merthyr Tyd: Man 50, dead in house, 2 arr. 17 and 16 yrs old
- EN: Wakefield: Woman 70s dead in house, man 40s arr.
- EN: Speke: Man shot dead in street
- EN: Luton: Woman 26, head injuries, man 32 arr.
- EN: Balcombe, man 20 killed in car driven by 14 yr old who died
- NI: Carlow Tn: Woman 22, stabbed, man arr.
- NI: Omagh: Man, woman and 5 children killed by arson at home
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!
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