Black Lives Matter · Investigations · London · Murder Files · Police Operations · Uncategorized

MURDER FILES: BLACK LIVES MATTER: MICHAEL MENSON, EDMONTON, 1997

MURDER FILES BLACK LIVES MATTER: MICHAEL MENSON EDMONTON, 1997 On a cold January night in 1997, an off-duty fire fighter was driving along the North Circular Road in Edmonton, North London, when he happened across a man burning at the side of the road.  The man was Michael Menson, who was just 30 years old.… Continue reading MURDER FILES: BLACK LIVES MATTER: MICHAEL MENSON, EDMONTON, 1997

Appeals · Child Abduction · Child Sexual Abuse · Investigations · Murder Files · Uncategorized · Unsolved crimes

APPEALS – MURDER FILES: SEAN MCGANN, NORTHAMPTON, 1979

APPEALS – MURDER FILES SEAN MCGANN NORTHAMPTON, 1979 In April 1979, a 15-year old schoolboy left his grandparent’s home to visit the travelling fair.  His body was found in an alleyway the following morning.  Forty years on from his murder, police are once again asking for help in solving who killed Sean McGann? SEAN MCGANN… Continue reading APPEALS – MURDER FILES: SEAN MCGANN, NORTHAMPTON, 1979

London · Missing · Murder Files · Mysteries · Paddington · Uncategorized · Unsolved crimes

MURDER FILES: The Murder of Tracy Meade, 1992

MURDER FILES THE MURDER OF TRACY MEAD 31st JANUARY 1992   This blog post in covering the very scant details I can find regarding the death of a young London girl in 1992.  The press showed little interest and according to Tracy’s mum, neither did the police.  I just happened to stumble across it whilst… Continue reading MURDER FILES: The Murder of Tracy Meade, 1992

Child Sexual Abuse · Investigations · Murder Files · Uncategorized

MURDER FILES: PAIGE CHIVERS

MURDER FILES PAIGE CHIVERS On 23rd August 2007, a vulnerable 15 year old girl stuffed some belongings in two carrier bags and left home.   Police believe that within the following hours or days she was murdered. Her body has never been found but police managed to obtain convictions against two men in relation to her… Continue reading MURDER FILES: PAIGE CHIVERS

Court Cases · In the News · Investigations · London · Politicians · Uncategorized

COURT CASES: R v MUTHUKUMARANA – The Plot to Kidnap, Abuse and Kill Girls from Care Homes for ‘Top Political People’

COURT CASES R v MUTHUKUMARANA THE PLOT TO KIDNAP, ABUSE AND KILL GIRLS FROM CARE HOMES FOR ‘TOP POLITICAL PEOPLE’ February 2018 For reasons beyond me, the mainstream media have chosen not to cover the details of a truly appalling trial that has been heard at Southwark Crown Court this week. Gihan Muthukumarana, it is… Continue reading COURT CASES: R v MUTHUKUMARANA – The Plot to Kidnap, Abuse and Kill Girls from Care Homes for ‘Top Political People’

Appeals · Child Sexual Abuse · childrens homes · In the News · Institutional Abuse · Investigations · Justice System · London · Uncategorized · Unsolved crimes

APPEALS: KINTON APPROVED SCHOOL, WOKING, SURREY

APPEAL BY SURREY POLICE KINTON APPROVED SCHOOL WOKING, SURREY Surrey Police put out an appeal for anyone with information regarding child sexual abuse at Kinton Approved School in Woking to contact them. Hundreds of people have been contacted by police investigating allegations of child sex abuse at Kinton and so far 17 people have been… Continue reading APPEALS: KINTON APPROVED SCHOOL, WOKING, SURREY

Appeals · Child Sexual Abuse · Lambeth · Local Goverment · London · Murder Files · Uncategorized

UNSOLVED MURDERS: Bulic Forsythe & the Lambeth Abuse

LAMBETH THE DEATH OF BULIC FORSYTHE Although I am predominantly going to focus on Bulic’s death in this blog post, I will also be briefly covering connected crimes against people who also worked for Lambeth council.  There are so many intertwining elements to this case – and Lambeth Council as a whole (that’s even disregarding… Continue reading UNSOLVED MURDERS: Bulic Forsythe & the Lambeth Abuse

Playland · Soho Connections · Uncategorized

THE SOHO CONNECTIONS: Murder of the Royal Biographer, 1974

The Murder of James Pope-Hennessy 20th November 1916 – 25th January 1974 Richard James Arthur Pope-Hennessy was the former editor of The Spectator, a well-connected author and commissioned by the Queen in 1955 to write a biography of Queen Mary.  He was the brother of Sir John Pope-Hennessy, who was the Director of both the… Continue reading THE SOHO CONNECTIONS: Murder of the Royal Biographer, 1974

Child Sexual Abuse · Court Cases · London · Paddington · PIE · Uncategorized · Unsolved crimes

PADDINGTON VICE

PADDINGTON AND THE VICE RING(S) Paddington seems to crop up time and again whenever I read in to London vice rings, so I’ve collated a number of stories connected with the area. The most interesting is that during the 1970s at least three vice rings were operating in the same road.  Were they connected or… Continue reading PADDINGTON VICE

Cannock Chase · Child Abduction · Investigations · North Wales · Uncategorized

WILLIAM IAN COPELAND & THE MURDER OF JANE ELIZABETH TAYLOR

WILLIAM IAN COPELAND AND DR ALAN CLIFT William Copeland was convicted of the murder of Jane Taylor, aged 10, nine years after her murder on 14 August 1966 but was his conviction safe?  Her disappearance from near Cannock Chase also came during a spate of crimes against children (including three other murders) and is widely… Continue reading WILLIAM IAN COPELAND & THE MURDER OF JANE ELIZABETH TAYLOR