Murder Inc. #25 (end of 2007)

• 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:  249 men:  82 women:  40 children:

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

This brings us to the end of 2007, and still the slaughter continues unabated and unremarked by the usual liberal suspects!

Fri 21st - Thu 31st December 2007

• EN: Tyneside: Woman 74, died in hospital, man arr.
• EN: Bolton: Man 28, died after assault, boy 15, man 28 arr.
• EN: Bristol: Man shot dead in street, 3 men arr.
• EN: Bedford: Woman 26, strangled, husband arr.
• EN: B'ham: Man 33, shot outside pub
• NI: Armoy: Man 30s, fight outside pub, 2 men arr.
• EN: Dunton: Woman 40s, car crash after missile hit screen
• EN: Oxford: Man 26, head injuries, died in hosp, man 38 arr.
• EN: Oswestry: Man dead in alley, man 20s arr.
• EN: Chiltington: Woman 63, stabbed by mentally ill husband released early
• EN: Islington: Boy 16, stabbed youth 18 arr
• EN: Ramsgate: Woman 62, stabbed by grandson on Xmas day
• EN: Wigan: Man 40, stabbed in street, Xmas Day
• EN: Warrington: Man 38, suspicious death, 2 men arr
• EN: Edlington: Baby girl, 19 mths, fractured spine, man/woman arr
• EN; Barnsley: Man 58, dead at home, man 23 arr.
• EN: Aston: Man 24, multiple stabs outside social club
• EN: Walworth: Man shot in head found in garden
• SC: Glasgow: Man 29, dead in street after assault, man arr
• WA: Newport: Man, assaulted on 17/12 died in hosp.
• EN: E'field Green: Woman 36, battered to death, man 44 arr
• EN: Dursly: Man 45, died after fight, man arr.

Who says 'Brit youf' haven't got what it takes? In the last few days 3 of our killers are children aged 16, 15 and 14 years respectively. 'Makes yer praad, dunnit!'

Wed 12th - Thu 20th Dec

• EN: Newington: Boy 16, stabbed in mass brawl, boy 14 arr.
• EN: Rowley Regis: Man 19, assault, 2 men arr.
• EN: Eccleston: Woman 26, dead in flat, man 36 arr.
• SC: Falkirk: Man 54, disturbance, man 23 arr.
• EN: Ilkeston: Man 17 died after fight, boy 16 arr.
• EN: Doncaster: Man 29, assault, 2 men arr.
• EN: Holmfirth: Man attacked outside pub, man arr.
• EN: Leeds: Baby 15 mths in fire, man 27 died trying to rescue, mother 22 arr.
• EN: Colchester: Man 59 killed in house, boy 15 arr.
• EN: Dewsbury: Man 17 stabbed, 2 men, 17 & 18 arr.
• SC: Inverness: Woman dead at home, police say murder
• EN: Slaithwaite: Man 23, body by canal, man 25, woman 22 arr.
• EN: Kettering: Man dead in street, 8 men arr.
• EN: Poole: Woman stabbed (in Sep), ex-partner found guilty
• NI: N'tonabbey: Man 45 dead at home, 2 men arr.
• SC: Aberdeen: Woman 19 dead in flat, 1 man, 2 women arr

'Tis the season to be murdered, apparently!

Sat 1st - Tue 11th Dec

• EN: Wallingford: Man 39 stabbed
• EN: Chigwell: Boy 14 stabbed outside Police Station, 2 boys 13/14 arr
• EN: Bromley: Woman 28 stabbed in flat, man, 20s, arr.
• EN: L'pool: Man 45, assault on 25/11, life support machine switched off
• NI: Omagh: Man's body in found in car
• SC: E'burgh: Man's dead in stairwell, violent assault
• WA: Anglesy: Baby 2 mths, mother arr.
• SC: Banchory: Man's body found
• WA: Rhyl: Woman 49 stabbed in flat, man suicide
• EN: N'hampton: Man 24 stabbed in street
• EN: Croydon: Man 21 stabbed on bus, 2 men arr
• EN: Ashstead: Woman 52 strangled at home
• EN: Macclesfield: Man 60, assaulted in street, 2 men arr
• EN: Preston: Baby 13 mths on 8/7, nanny arr
• EN: Rugby: Man 44 dies after assault on 29/11
• EN: Shr'bury: 2 Men 20s, found dead with severe injuires in flat
• EN: Tipton: Boy 5, mother found dead, prob murder/suicide
• SC: Aberdeen: Baby girl 6 wks, suspicious death

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. 

Comments

[Hank]

David

The Chicago Sun Times has always been left of left center and has opposed the death penalty for years. Which makes this http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/727792,CST-EDT-edit06a.article>editorial commentinteresting.

Almost eight years later, the moratorium is still in place, even though several new studies show the death penalty is a deterrent to murder. One, a study by professors at the University of Houston, found that Illinois' moratorium led to 150 additional homicides in our state over four years. Having capital punishment is hardly a deterrent if it isn't used. The 11 men on Death Row could very well die of natural causes before they are put to death.

Unfortunately they did not include a link.

[David Duff]

Thanks for that, Hank, I will re-quote it in my next "Murder Inc." post. However, the chances of the death penalty coming back here is virtually nil (see my comments to the post above) not least because the EU would not stand for it. So, in the meantime, the truly innocent continue to die.