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London Crime Briefing
Significant incidents, hearings, outcomes and public-data changes across the capital.
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coldcase
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Jill Dando murder: Police re-examine CCTV footage
Metropolitan Police are re-examining CCTV footage from Putney Bridge Tube station as part of their ongoing investigation into the unsolved murder of BBC presenter Jill Dando in 1999. The footage shows an unidentified man, known as Man X, on a potential escape route shortly after the killing.
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Violent Crime · Tower HamletsFamily plea for information 10 years after Bethnal Green stabbing
The family of Russell Brown are appealing for information a decade after he was fatally stabbed in Bethnal Green. He died on September 11, 2016, following an incident at Nelson Gardens. Two men were found not guilty of his murder.
Tower Hamlets4 min readTrust 30 · Craft 60 · Hype 41
LatestPolice seek mystery visitor to Baby April's grave
Kent Police have released an e-fit of a woman who visited the grave of Baby April in Ashford in June. The baby, who died from asphyxiation, was found in Singleton Lake in 1995 and her parents have never been traced.
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Courts · Richmond upon ThamesNew image released in bid to identify Barnes Bridge Man
A man's body discovered near Barnes Bridge on the north bank of the River Thames in 1983 remains unidentified. A cold case charity has now released a new forensic reconstruction in an effort to identify him.
Richmond upon Thames3 min readTrust 42 · Craft 65 · Hype 45
Policing · HaveringMet Police renew appeal for missing Harold Hill teenager Suzanne Lawrence, 45 years on
The Metropolitan Police have launched a fresh appeal to locate Suzanne Lawrence, who vanished aged 14 in July 1979 after leaving her Harold Hill home. Her sister Michelle Hooper has made a public plea for information, as detectives seek witnesses from the Highbury squat where the girls stayed.
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