Interactive map exhibits Lawless London boroughs with most homicides

London’s surprising wave of homicides since Sadiq Khan was elected mayor are revealed in the present day in MailOnline’s new interactive map. 

The graphic reveals the extent of the violence gripping the capital, with greater than 1,000 homicides having taken place since Mr Khan started his stint in City Hall in 2016.

Croydon was the borough with the best murder fee below Khan’s management with a complete of 55 killings, amounting to only over 5 per cent of the overall variety of homicides within the capital.

Alongside the South London borough – the areas of Southwark, Brent, Greenwich and Newham had been the places for 25 per cent of all homicides within the final seven years, every contributing above 5 per cent to the overall.

Mr Khan lives in Tooting, Wandsworth, which has seen 32 homicides since 2016, making it seventeenth on the record general.  

Former Met Police officer Norman Brennan stated it was ‘shameful and staggering’ that so many individuals had misplaced their lives to an ‘epidemic’. 

The ex-policeman stated Sadiq Khan ‘wanted to get a grip of the scenario’, which has left households dwelling in worry of leaving their home after sunlight hours and getting on buses and tubes. 

Sutton and Merton had been statistically the most secure locations, with each boroughs recording 10 killings since Mr Khan grew to become mayor, lower than 1 per cent of town’s general fee. 

Overall, police estimates present 1,008 homicides had been recorded within the 2,773 days since Mr Khan was first elected – leaving 132 households ripped aside yearly of his tenure.

This contains 1,003 earlier than 2023 ended – together with Harry Pitman on December 31 – and one other 5 within the first ten days of January 2024. 

It comes because the mayor is refusing to provide the Met Police with £70million in funds for its essential ‘New Met For London‘ reforms, but supplied a bumper £30million pay deal to unions to avert crippling Tube strikes.

The information sparked accusations that Mr Khan had solely made the scenario worse whereas within the job – though his workplace claimed that murder ranges had fallen to their lowest since 2014.

Mr Brennan stated: ”It’s completely shameful and staggering that so many individuals have misplaced their lives. 

‘There are many communities now, and folks that dwell in worry in London. Many individuals now do not exit over after sunlight hours. They’re involved on travelling, on transport buses or tubes. 

‘It isn’t just a disaster. It’s an epidemic in London and him or nobody else has ever acquired a grip on this downside. That’s why it has been allowed to run away like a runaway prepare. There’s completely no stopping it in the mean time, and I do not see him injecting any efficient measures. 

‘It’s a difficulty that he does not perceive, and since he does not perceive it, he is acquired no grip on. He’s acquired no management of it, and what he must do is admittedly get up and odor the roses as a result of individuals are being murdered nearly each day in London and households. Parents are planning funerals as a substitute of futures for his or her youngsters.’ 

Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall stated: ‘I’m deeply saddened to listen to that over 1,000 individuals have been killed in London since Sadiq Khan took cost eight years in the past.

‘Sadiq Khan has merely not finished sufficient, and we can’t afford one other 4 years below his watch.’

A spokesman for Mr Khan stated: ‘Nothing is extra necessary to the mayor than preserving Londoners secure. As each an MP and mayor, he has met commonly with many bereaved households and seen the profound influence of violent crime.

‘There have been large authorities cuts to policing and youth companies during the last decade, and a nationwide enhance in police recorded violent crime.

‘But because of document funding within the police from City Hall and in early intervention via his Violence Reduction Unit, the variety of homicides in London final yr fell to its lowest since 2014. 

‘Homicides, gun crime and the variety of younger individuals injured with knives have all fallen in London since 2016.’

Here are a few of the most high-profile London murder circumstances since 2016.    

May-Dec 2016 – 82 homicides 

Andrew Aderemi

Andrew was 19 when he was stabbed to demise outdoors a low rise block of flats in Selsdon, South Croydon, on August 16, 2016. 

The teenager’s killing was the end result of a long-running feud and he was discovered lined in stab wounds with paramedics desperately making an attempt to save lots of the newbie rapper’s life. 

Witnesses noticed Andre being chased by a bunch of males carrying knives and different weapons. 

The sufferer fell to the bottom the place he was stabbed and kicked till he was unconscious.

Three males had been discovered responsible of Andre’s homicide and each had been sentenced to life imprisonment, a fourth pleaded responsible to manslaughter.   

 Henriett Szucs

Hungarian Henriett Szucs, 34, vanished after shifting in with accused assassin Zahid Younis, 35, and was final seen alive in the summertime of 2016.

Her corpse was present in small chest freezer at his house throughout a police search on April 27, 2019. Along with the physique of Mihrican Mustafa. 

Ms Szucs had been within the UK for a number of years and was final seen in Younis’ firm in the summertime of 2016. 

Jurors had been informed the alleged killer purchased the freezer for the ‘sole objective’ of hiding Ms Szcucs’ physique after the brutal killing on or earlier than 11 November 2016 

Jamal Boyce 

Jamel Boyce suffered extreme mind harm after being wounded in an assault outdoors a department of Sainsbury’s in Clapham, south London, in October 2016. 

The then-17-year-old was left blind, paralysed and unable to talk, and died at a care house in Streatham Hill, south-east London, in February 2022, aged 22. 

A police investigation instantly after the assault led to a person being jailed for grievous bodily hurt with intent. 

Jamel’s mom Pansy, stated on the time it was ‘unattainable’ to explain the ache her household was struggling, however hoped the distressing picture of the 17-year-old mendacity unconscious in a hospital mattress would present the devastating influence of knife crime. 

His father, Patrick, added: ‘Jamel is a really loving son, who’s variety and thoughtful at all times placing others earlier than himself. This ought to by no means have occurred to Jamel.’  

Angela Best 

Serial killer Theodore Johnson strangled and battered ex-girlfriend Angela Best, 51, to demise in December 2016 after she came upon about his darkish previous and ended their relationship. 

Johnson was first convicted of manslaughter in 1981 after throwing his then-wife off a ninth flooring balcony in Wolverhampton. 

Eleven years later he strangled a second associate with a belt at their house in London and pleaded responsible to manslaughter. 

The mother-of-four was initially unaware of his earlier convictions however later discovered letters revealing that Johnson had killed a earlier associate and he admitted it was true. 

Their relationship lastly ended within the autumn 2016, however the she was killed after making an attempt to accompany him to an appointment on the Jamaican embassy.

Police went spherical to Mr Johnson’s house in Dartmouth Park Hill, Upper Holloway, and located the physique of Ms Best mendacity on her again subsequent to the couch. 

Darlene Horton  

American mother-of-two Darlene Horton was killed by Zakaria Bulhan within the mass stabbing incident in Russel Square on August 17, 2016.   

The 64-year-old, who was visiting from her house in Tallahassee, Florida, was stabbed within the again with a kitchen knife and bled to demise on the pavement within the frenzied six-minute assault that left 5 others injured. 

She had chosen to remain in London for an additional day to take pleasure in time within the capital as a result of her husband, psychology professor Dr Richard Wagne, had taught at a UK summer season faculty for a number of weeks. 

They had been as a result of fly again six hours after her homicide.

A colleague of the couple in Tallahassee stated her heartbroken husband was ‘completely devastated.’ 

The eager tennis participant’s final phrases had been ‘he is nonetheless right here, he is nonetheless right here’ as she tried to warn others of the attacker’s presence earlier than she fell unconscious. 

 2017 – 142 homicides 

Jermaine Goupall  

Jermaine Goupall was murdered on his approach house with a samurai sword by a gang of balaclava-clad youths in August 2017. 

The aspiring architect suffered a number of stab wounds at round 11pm after he spent a day with buddies on the cinema. 

The devastated household stated {the teenager} was ‘adored by his buddies and family’ and was common locally. 

Witnesses claimed the gang of thugs attacked Jermaine and a buddy, repeatedly stabbing {the teenager} whereas the opposite boy hid beneath a automobile. 

At the household house Jermaine’s father Stanley, {an electrical} engineer, 50, stated shortly after his demise: ‘Jermaine was a beautiful particular person and adored by the group and his family and friends.

‘Nobody had nothing unhealthy to say about him, he had a great coronary heart and was such a beautiful boy.’

In 2018, three males had been jailed for all times for Jermaine’s homicide 

Ahmed Jah  

Ahmed Jah was stabbed to demise simply 150 yards from the scene in Freemasons Road as he went to purchase a smooth drink from a comfort retailer on April 2, 2017. 

Four years later, his brother Junior was additionally killed with a knife after he was attacked in broad daylight only a few toes from his entrance door in Coolfin Road, Canning Town. 

Ahmed is believed to have been recognized by the nickname ‘Grinna’, whereas Junior was often called ‘Young Grinna’. 

Ahemd’s father Abubakarr, a rail development employee, informed the Evening Standard on the time: ‘Young individuals must put down their knives and cease the violence. It is destroying households and communities.

‘He was a good looking, variety boy. He wished to do one thing together with his life. Now we’ve misplaced him. He did not deserve for this to occur.’

Seun McMillan

Seun McMillan was stabbed to demise in Southgate, north London, on May 2, 2017.

Mr McMillan, often called Shey, was stabbed as soon as within the chest as he walked in direction of his home with buddies at round 7pm. 

Speaking on the primary anniversary of the stabbing in 2018, Mr McMillan’s mom, Chantelle Bucknor, stated her son was ‘jovial, good-looking, the life and soul of the social gathering’.

‘Everyone liked Seun. He would are available and be very well mannered and really manageable,’ she stated. 

Jason Isaacs and Kacem Mokrane 

Jason Isaacs and Kacem Mokrane had been stabbed to demise simply hours aside on the streets of London. 

Both 18-year-olds had been believed to be victims gang assaults close to their properties within the capital. 

Mr Isaacs was knifed by moped riders close to his house in Northolt, west London, whereas Mr Mokrane was fatally attacked on a quiet avenue in Walthamstow, east London. 

Student Mr Isaacs spent three days in a coma earlier than he died after he was stabbed ambushed by thugs on two mopeds and was stabbed a number of occasions in a savage assault.

Mr Mokrane, a gifted footballer, fought to remain alive for 2 days earlier than tragically passing away. 

2018 – 138 homicides  

John Ogunjobi 

John Ogunjobi was a 16-year-old boy when he died after being stabbed in Tulse Hill, south London on November 5, 2018. 

Known to buddies as JaySav, drill rapper John grew to become the fifth stabbing demise within the capital in simply seven days. 

Detectives believed John Ogunjobi was attacked by a lot of suspects. 

The homicide was considered linked to rival drill music gangs – Lower Tulse Hill and the Harlem Spartans from close by Kennington. 

The teenager collapsed on the street and died in entrance of his devastated mom, with one witness describing her screaming on the scene. 

Ayodeji Habeeb Azeez 

Ayodeji Habeeb Azeez was stabbed in broad daylight on Samos Road Anerley, south London, in November 2018. 

Mr Azeez who was from Dagenham in east London. He was the 121st particular person to be murdered within the capital in 2018 and the fourth of 5 individuals to have been stabbed since Halloween of that yr. 

The 22-year-old was focused after he posted pictures on social media of his new BMW automobile. 

A 17-year-old woman organized to satisfy him in Anerley, the place Kevin Lusala stabbed him 16 occasions and one other man stole his automobile. 

At the Old Bailey, Lusala, 23, of Orpington, Kent, was jailed for at least 30 years. 

 Sami Sidhom 

Sami Sidhom was stabbed to demise simply yards from his house in Forest Gate, London on April 16, 2018. 

Sami, who was nicknamed ‘Mr Swot’ by his buddies due to his dedication to his research, died in Forest Gate after being stabbed by males who reportedly arrived on the scene in two automobiles.

He had been learning for a historical past and legislation diploma at Queen Mary University and lived within the space together with his grandmother.

In 2019, his father was nonetheless searching for justice and informed the MailOnline: ‘Whenever I hear somebody has been stabbed, it brings all of it flooding again, and listening to there have been so many stabbings in a single weekend has been particularly arduous. It is as if it has simply occurred.’ 

Daniel Frederick

Daniel Frederick, 34, was attacked by the gang in Stoke Newington, north London, as he was strolling house shortly earlier than 6pm on January 8, 2018. 

Five youngsters ambushed and stabbed the ‘completely defenceless’ younger father to demise simply weeks earlier than his fourth youngster was born. They had been jailed for a complete of 64 years. 

It is believed Mr Frederick, who lived in Shakespeare Walk in Stoke Newington, north London, was the harmless sufferer of violence involving youths from close by estates.

One of his attackers, aged 16, had sought revenge after his buddy was attacked in jail by the native ‘Shakespeare Boys’, the Old Bailey heard.

His former associate, Keisha Rodney, with whom he had a one-year-old son, appeared on ITV’s The Voice simply days after Mr Frederick died.

Harry Uzoka 

Harry Uzoka was stabbed to demise by an ‘obsessed’ rival after an Instagram feud over a lady.

The 25-year-old, who labored for manufacturers together with Zara and Mercedes, allegedly fell out with fellow catwalk star George Koh, 24, who he had branded a ‘pretend’ in a collection of social media exchanges.

After being informed that Koh had bragged about sleeping with Mr Uzoka’s mannequin girlfriend Ruby Campbell, he stated he wished to settle the row ‘nose to nose’ they usually organized a confrontation in Shepherd’s Bush, West London. 

Jurors heard Koh took two buddies, Jonathan Okigbo and Merse Dikanda, each 24, and ‘at the least three knives’ – Koh with two and Dikanda with an enormous machete-style blade. 

2019 – 153 homicides 

William Algar  

Accomplished jazz musician William Algar, 53, often called Blaise, was killed and chopped up at his house in Barnes, south-west London in Decmber 2019.

The gifted musician’s stays had been found in his flat and buried in Hounslow Heath in January 2020. 

Mr Algar was a superb trumpeter after taking on the instrument on the age of seven.

He studied on the London School of Music and was requested to affix The Damned after enjoying in a lot of rock bands. 

Mr Algar was described by his household as a ‘mild man’ who started utilizing medicine as soon as his profession began to fade and have become mired within the shadowy world of heroin and cocaine provide.

Kelly-Mary Fauvrelle

Aaron McKenzie crept into Kelly Fauvrelle’s bed room in south London within the early hours of June 29, 2019, and stabbed her 21 occasions after he had discovered a web-based receipt for a present she had purchased her new associate. 

Their son Riley was delivered through emergency C-section on the scene – seven weeks earlier than the due date – however died 4 days later in hospital. 

Murdered mom Kelly-Mary Fauvrelle survived a most cancers scare and surprised docs by turning into pregnant with a ‘miracle’ child boy, who died 5 days after the assault. 

Croydon & Sutton Amal Branch secretary Angela Whitter informed the Daily Mirror: ‘Kelly had beforehand survived a cervical most cancers scare and had been informed by docs that she could be unable to have a child.

‘So she was completely over the moon when she grew to become pregnant and was at all times smiling and pleased at work.’

Dorothy Woolmer 

Dorothy Woolmer was raped and battered to demise by a gardener who broke into her North London house on August 4, 2019. 

Reece Dempster grabbed two bottles of booze and a handbag after murdering Dorothy Woolmer, then commented that he ‘solely acquired £100’, it was claimed. 

Her half-naked physique was discovered wrapped ‘like a mummy’ in a white bedsheet by her sister and greatest buddy. 

The former housewife and eager gardener lived in a two-storey terraced house in Tottenham along with her husband Ken Woolmer, a former Royal Navy engineer, for greater than 60 years.

Former RAF serviceman John George, 91, who lived close to the lady, stated: ‘I could not want for a greater neighbour. She used to trim her hedges and tidy her backyard. I used to say, “Alright, gardener!”

‘She was a really nice woman; and Ken was a most useful man, any time of the day. 

‘They had been simply good neighbours, from [an] ex serviceman to a different ex serviceman, he was only a good man.’

Bright Akinleye 

Bright Akinleye, 22, died after stumbling into the Wesley Hotel close to Euston station with a stab wound in February 2019. 

Staff known as the emergency companies who desperately fought to save lots of him however he was pronounced lifeless on the scene in north London.

Mr Akinleye was set upon by a bunch of males and stabbed 3 times with a big searching knife. 

Abdouli Ceesay, 29, and Tashan Brewster, 32, had been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimal time period of 21 years. Oliver Petts, 30, who had pleaded responsible to throughout the trial, was sentenced to 5 years’ in jail.

During the courtroom proceedings, jurors heard how Mr Akinleye, a sports activities administration graduate from Lewisham, had via his girlfriend grow to be concerned with a bunch of drill artists from Birmingham known as 23 Drillaz. 

He later grew to become the supervisor for one of many rappers, who was concerned within the video shoot. 

Jodie Chesney

Jodie Chesney, 17, was an harmless sufferer who was knifed in an unprovoked ‘drug feud’ assault in a park in Harold Hill, east London in March. 

Svenson Ong-a-Kwie, then 19, and a 17-year-old boy, who can’t be named, had been convicted of the killing. 

Police admitted they might by no means know the true motive for the stabbing, however prosecutors believed Ong-a-Kwie wished to get revenge for being knifed by a rival a number of months earlier. 

It is assumed he could have mistakenly believed his rivals had been within the park on the time and wrongly stabbed Jodie.

Prosecutors stated it was a case of mistaken identification and Jodie was a sufferer of the ‘informal violence’ all too commonly meted out by the younger thugs who populate London’s drug-dealing world.

2020 – 133 homicides 

 Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman 

Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, had been stabbed to demise by Danyal Hussein, 19, in Fryent Country Park in Wembley, north London, in June 2020, whereas out celebrating a birthday. 

The pair had been discovered intertwined in undergrowth within the park, earlier than two Met Police officers took selfies with their our bodies as they guarded the crime scene. 

Deniz Jaffer and Jamie Lewis had been each jailed for 33 months for his or her conduct.  

A report by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) discovered the extent of service supplied by the Met over the weekend after they went lacking was ‘beneath the usual that it ought to have been’. 

Speaking after this, the sisters’ mom Mina Smallman informed the BBC: ‘We’re not the one events who suffered psychological anguish by the hands of the Met’s incompetent, reprehensible and blatant disregard of agreed procedures relating to lacking individuals.’

The IOPC investigation discovered that the inspector closed the police logs after receiving details about the sisters’ potential whereabouts from a member of the family, however that info was ‘inaccurately’ recorded by a communications supervisor.

This meant that lacking individuals inquiries for each girls weren’t progressed correctly.

Tashan Daniel 

Alex Lanning stabbed photographer Tashan Daniel, 20, to demise with a £200 German-made army blade taken from the set of the newest Fast and Furious movie. 

Mr Daniel, who was additionally a gifted 200 metre sprinter, was on his option to see the Gunners play Nottingham Forest with tickets he obtained as a twentieth birthday current from his mother and father. 

After pulling out the Aviator 1 knife, Lanning stabbed Mr Daniel as soon as within the chest earlier than working off.

Paramedics battled to save lots of Mr Daniel however he died from his wounds.

The blade was designed as an emergency rescue knife for crews of NATO army plane and had the capability to noticed via laminated glass and minimize via seat-belts. 

Jason Diallo  

Jason Diallo was killed in drive-by capturing when unknown attackers who fired from a automobile in Balfour Road, Ilford.

Despite the efforts of Met Police officers and London Ambulance paramedics, the 30-year-old was pronounced lifeless on the scene. 

Mr Diallo’s household stated on the time: ‘Jason was a sort, mild and loving man, who was an incredible husband and a loyal father to his two youngsters who he completely adored.

‘We can’t describe how sorely Jason will likely be missed by all of his household and everybody who knew and liked him.’

Donnell Rhule 

Donnell Rhule, 18, was recognized because the sufferer of a stabbing in Dulwich in July 2020. 

Police imagine Donnell was attacked on Lyall Avenue earlier than making his option to a parade of retailers on Seeley Drive. 

Sean Robinson, 27, and Kieran Robinson, 22, had been convicted of stabbing {the teenager} to demise. 

The Old Bailey heard the pair – one in a automobile and the opposite on a moped – chased their sufferer ‘down alleyways and throughout streets’.  

2021 – 135 homicides 

Sarah Everard

Sarah Everard, 33, a advertising government dwelling in Clapham, south-west London, disappeared on the night of March 3, 2021, and her physique was not discovered till per week later.

Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens emerged because the prime suspect and finally pled responsible to homicide when he was tried.

In September 2021 Couzens was served a complete life order and has extra just lately additionally been discovered responsible on three counts of indecent publicity which occurred previous to murdering Ms Everard. 

The case dealt an enormous blow to public confidence within the Met Police, not helped by the extreme response to a vigil held in London in 2021 amid coronavirus restrictions.

Women arrested on the occasion receiving a payout from the power in September 2023.

Romario Opia

Romario Opia was 15 when he was knifed within the chest whereas he was reported to be strolling to a chip store in Islington, North London.

Forensics officers discovered a foot-long ‘zombie’ knife with a curved and serrated blade. 

He was pupil at Beacon High School in Holloway. 

 Hussain Chaudhry

Hussain Chaudhry, 18, was fatally stabbed in June 2021 outdoors his household house in Leyton, east London. 

Friends stated Mr Chaudhry was promoting designer jackets value a number of hundred kilos and the assault was probably a part of a deal gone flawed. 

Mr Chaudhry’s household stated in a press release: ‘We are deeply grieved by the lack of our beloved Hussain and respectfully ask for the privateness and area to come back to phrases with this tragic scenario.

‘We thank everybody from the underside of our hearts for his or her kindness, compassion, condolences, prayers and goodwill. We haven’t any different remark right now.’ 

Sabina Nessa 

Sabina Nessa was overwhelmed to demise by a predatory’ storage employee in a ‘sadistic and sexually motivated’ assault. 

Albanian nationwide Koci Selamaj used ‘excessive violence’ to kill Ms Nessa, 28, whose physique was uncovered beneath a pile of leaves in Cator Park, south east London.  

Selamaj, a married Domino’s supply driver, travelled to London and lurked across the Kidbrooke space earlier than grabbing the college trainer as she handed via on her option to meet a buddy within the Depot Bar on September 17 final yr. 

CCTV footage captured the second Selamaj chased and swiftly overwhelmed Ms Nessa by raining down greater than 30 blows on her with a metallic site visitors triangle, earlier than carrying her away unconscious. 

Prosecutors made clear that Nessa was not recognized to the assassin beforehand and he was focusing on any ‘susceptible lone girls’ for his wicked assault.

Levi Ernest Morrison 

Levi Ernest Morrison, who had autism and nerve harm, was chased by a gang earlier than being caught and knifed. 

The group of youths had been armed with three machetes and a knife after they chased the 17-year-old and his buddy in Sydenham, south London, earlier than fatally stabbing him.

The youngest member of a gang of youths was 14 they usually had been pushed to the scene by one in all their moms. 

Mother Nichola Leighton and her son Tyreese Ulysses had been after being discovered responsible of killing {the teenager}. 

2022 – 109 homicides 

Chris Kaba 

Chris Kaba, 24, died after being shot by a Metropolitan Police firearms officer in Kirkstall Gardens, Streatham Hill, London. 

He was adopted by an unmarked police automobile with no lights or sirens turned on within the minutes earlier than the capturing, an inquest heard.

More than a yr on from the incident, the CPS introduced it had authorised a homicide cost to be issued towards a police officer. 

News of his killing sparked outrage within the capital, triggering protests and demonstrations by campaigners. 

Sabita Thanwani

The boyfriend of 19-year-old pupil Sabita Thanwani admitted to stabbing her to demise in her college lodging. 

Maher Maaroufe, 23, pleaded responsible to the manslaughter of the City University pupil however denied it was homicide on the grounds of diminished accountability.

The prosecution indicated that the plea was acceptable to the Crown and Maaroufe did face trial for her homicide.

Emergency companies had been alerted after a neighbour heard screams coming from Ms Thanwani’s room in central London.

Marley and Elijah Thomas

The our bodies of little boys Marley Thomas, 5, and Elijah Thomas, two, had been discovered by their father when he pressured his approach into her house in Dagenham, east London. 

Their mom, Kara Alexander, 45, was charged over the deaths of Marley and Elijah. She pleaded not responsible. 

The father went to the tackle in Dagenham, east London, the place Alexander informed him the kids had been upstairs sleeping, however when he went to examine he discovered them lifeless.

Police and ambulance crews had been known as to the scene and the 2 youngsters had been declared lifeless.

Reece Newcombe

Reece Newcombe, 31, who coached celebrities together with former footballer Ian Wright and Skins alumn Jack O’Connell, was stabbed to demise with a shard of glass on Richmond Bridge, southwest London. 

One tearful relative informed MailOnline: ‘You could not discover a nicer particular person. Reece was one in one million and all his household are heartbroken by what’s occurred.

‘Ian Wright is in Doha with the World Cup however he is been knowledgeable, and he is as devastated as properly are.’ 

Zara Aleena 

 Zara Aleena, 35, died after she was brutally strangled and stamped on as she walked house within the early hours of the morning. 

Jordan McSweeney stalked her alongside Cranbrook Road earlier than dragging her right into a driveway the place he brutally kicked, stamped on and sexually assaulted her, earlier than leaving her for lifeless.

Emergency companies had been known as after she was discovered with extreme head accidents and struggling to breathe.

Ms Aleena was taken to hospital the place she died later that morning from a number of accidents.

McSweeney, 29, of Dagenham, Essex, was arrested the subsequent day after which pleaded responsible to her homicide and sexual assault. 

2023 – 110 homicides 

Chima Osuji

Chima Osuji, 17, was stabbed to demise on Easter Monday in 2023. 

Members of the general public and emergency companies tried to present first help however the teenager died on the scene in Chingford.

Officers had been on the scene inside three minutes, together with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance. 

Tyler McDermott

Tyler McDermott, 17, died after being discovered with a gunshot wound in Tottenham.

Two 19-year-olds Tyrese Barnett, of no fastened tackle, and Leo Reid, of Tulse Hill, had been charged with homicide. 

Harry Pitman 

Harry Pitman, 16, was stabbed to demise with a searching knife after a row broke out at a New Year’s Eve fireworks present, a courtroom heard. 

Harry, whose tragic demise sparked widespread outrage and mourning, was knifed ‘inside yards’ of cops attending the fireworks show at north London’s Primrose Hill.

Medics desperately tried to save lots of the Tottenham Hotspur-loving teen however he was pronounced lifeless simply 20 minutes earlier than midnight.

Leonardo Reid

Leonardo Reid was stabbed to demise in Archway, north London, in July final yr. 

He was discovered with stab wounds and pronounced lifeless on the scene. A 23-year-old unnamed sufferer was additionally rushed to hospital with stab wounds the place he was pronounced lifeless. 

Two males, aged 17 and 27, had been arrested on suspicion of homicide.

Locals described being stored awake by a bunch of as much as 40 children who seemed to be recording a ‘rap’ video round luxurious automobiles earlier than a ‘commotion’ broke out on the late-night avenue social gathering in Islington, north London