- 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: 302 men: 102 women: 47 children:
CODES: EN= England, SC=Scotland, NI=Northern Island, WA=Wales.
A dispiriting list of murders which includes those of two elderly ladies and a man burnt to death in a hotel fire last August but which has only now been confirmed as murder. In addition, I have included the death of an unborn baby killed when its mother, 30 weeks into her pregnancy, was kicked in the stomach by her partner; plus, the death in hospital after 3 months of a 71-year old man beaten up in Portadown, NI.
Tue 15th - Thu 31st Jan 2008
- EN: N'thampton: Man 52, stabbed; other man dead, murder/suicide
- SC: Glasgow: Man 53, seriously inj, died in hosp, woman 53 arr.
- EN: Keighley: Man 31, assault, 2 men 31, 21, + woman22 chgd.
- EN: Bolton: Woman 33, mother of two, dead in stairwell, man 35 arr.
- EN: Barnsley: Woman 50, missing since July, poisoned by husband
- EN: Birm'ham: Man 30s, head injuries, in street, 4 men chgd.
- EN: Edmonton: Man 19, stabbed in street, 3 men arr.
- EN: Minehead: Man 36, head inuries, man 19, boy 16 arr.
- WA: Ammanford: Man 41 dead, woman 21 arr. no details
- EN: Newquay: 2 Women, 86, 80; 1 man 48 in hotel fire last Aug.
- EN: Ford'bridge: Man 23, drugs OD, 2 men arr for supplying
- EN: Soton: Woman 30, strangled at home, man 30 arr.
- EN: Norwich: Woman 34, stabbed at home, man 36 arr.
- EN: Selby: Man's body found burnt in field
- EN: Nott'ham: Man 35 Polish, head inj, 2 Poles arr.
- EN: Wakefield: Man 37 dead after break-in, man arr, woman quest.
- EN: Grangem'th: Man 33 dead in garden outside flats
- EN: Skelm'dale: Woman 30, dead outside Bar
- EN: Manchester: Man shot at takeaway dies in hosp
- EN: Islington: Man beaten to death at home
- NI: Portadown: Man 71 assault 3 mths ago dies in hosp
- SC: Carstairs: Man 35, dead in house, man 37 arr.
- EN: Conisbrough: Woman25 dead in quarry
- EN: Reading: Man 69 died 'natural causes' after incident, man 34 arr
- EN: Paington: Woman, body found at house, man 36 arr.
- EN: Kettering: Woman 36, unexplained death, 2 men 45, 31 arr on sus
- EN: Ealing: Man 18 beaten to death in park, man 23 arr
- EN: Castleford: Man 19 head inj, died in hosp, man 23 arr
- SC: F'house: Man 56 died 12/07, man 23, woman 17 chgd.
- EN: Hadleigh: Man 41 died in hosp after incident, man 68 arr
- EN: Barnet: Man 42 stabbed onlanding of flats, man 34 arr.
- EN: Sheffield: Man 31 run down by 4x4 during fight, 2 women arr.
- SC: Bishopbriggs: Man 17 dead after incident, boy 14 arr.
- EN: Mitcham: man 40s, incident with neighbours, man/woman arr
- EN: Merseyside: Baby in womb (30 wks) mother kickedin stomach, man arr
- EN: Dudley: man 33, stabbed in street, youth 18 arr.
- EN: Thorne: Woman dead in social club, man 40 arr.
- EN: London: Woman 48 from Sussex, missing, man 51 arr susp murder
Well, a cracking start to a murderous New Year! Indeed, celebrating New Year should come with a government health warning.
Jan 01 - Jan 14th 2008
- EN: Forest of Dean: Woman 55, missing since Nov, police say murder
- EN: Marske Teeside: Man 52, head injuries, 3 youths, 17,17,18 arr
- EN: Bedford: Man 17, missing, police say murder, 3 teenagers arr.
- EN: Fenstanton: Man shot, wife 37 arr.
- EN: Leics: Boy 16, stabbed in neck with broken bottle, boy14, girl 15, woman 31, man 34 arr.
- EN: Northampton: Woman 75, smoke inhalation from fire, man 55 arr.
- EN: Eye: Baby, newborn on 7/10/07, youth 17, girl 15 on trial
- WA: Brynmawr: Man 21 found dead at home
- EN: Merseyside: Man shot in head whilst driving
- EN: Erith: Youth stabbed to death, 2 injured, 2 men 20s arr
- EN: Nott'ham: Man 40-50 head injuries in street
- EN: Middlesboro': Woman (and man) dead in house, murder/suicide
- EN: Withington: Man 36, fatal wounds, 2 men arr
- EN: Portsm'th: Man 37 dead after fight, 4 men arr
- EN: Avonm'th: Man 34 attacked on NY Day dies in hosp, man arr
- EN: Merseyside: Man 48, stabbed, man 46, woman 44 arr
- WA: Swansea: Baby boy, 1 mth, man chgd with wilful neglect
- WA: Cardiff: Baby dead, man 33, woman 31 arr
- EN: Sheffield: Man 46 dead in flat, youth 17 arr
- EN: Middlesboro': Man 33 head injuries, dies in hosp, amn 59 arr
- WA: Holyhead: Baby 5 mths, died in hosp, man questioned
- EN: Burnley: Man 27, susp death after dispute, dies in hosp
- EN: Enfield: Man 17 stabbed on 1/1/08, man arr
- EN: Nelson: Woman (and man) dead in house - murder/suicide?
- NI: Belfast: Man's body in car, man arr
- EN: Blackpool: Man 60 dead in flat, 3 men, 1 woman arr
- EN: Oldham: Man 37 stabbed at home, man 28, woman 29 arr
- EN: Frankland: Man 24 dies of inj from NY Day, man 21 arr
- EN: Todmordon: Man 19 stabbed, "targeted attack", 2 men 17, 18 arr
- EN: Kingsbury: Man 58 beaten to death by son 31
- EN: Brixton: Man 20s, 2 others wounded in stabbing
- EN: Chillaton: Man 59, serious injuries, woman 52 arr
- EN: Markyate: Woman 70 killed by son-in-law whilst free on bail for murder of his wife
- EN: Otterbourne: Woman 77, nurdered at home, 4 men arr. from hostel with no supervision and from which a previous inmate had also murdered.
- SC: Clydebank: Man 38 injuries from NY Day, man arr
- EN: W'hampton: Man 43, stabbed at home on 13/12/07
- EN: Bispham: Girl 15, missing since Aug, police say murder
- EN: W. Hallam: Woman 18, susp death at deserted farm
- SC: E'burgh: Man 20, susp death after party, man 25, woman 23 arr
- SC: Lochaber: Woman 39 dead in house, man 37 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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