Off the Map: The tragic case of Mahesh Mehta
One of the most common complaints about the justice system is that the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. Either the sentence is too lenient or the law fails to reflect the seriousness of an offence....
View ArticleOff the Map: The death of Charles Bunyasi
The recent death of Charles Bunyasi began as a murder investigation but will now ‘drop off the map’. Why? Because it no longer counts as a homicide. Charles Bunyasi Mr Bunyasi (right) was run over by...
View ArticleOff the Map: The case of James Smith
On the morning of December 4, 2010, the body of 28 year-old James Smith was found at an electricity substation near Penge West railway station in south London. The postmortem revealed he had been...
View ArticleOff the Map: The case of Jayden Wray
Jayden Wray, who died on July 25, 2009 This week it was reported that the parents of Jayden Wray had been cleared by the High Court of all responsibility for the death of their son. As a result we have...
View ArticleOff the Map: The case of Dean Reddy
We added the case of 25 year-old Dean Reddy after detectives arrested his father on suspicion of murder. Since then police have said they are no longer treating the death as suspicious and revealed...
View ArticleOff the Map: Zbigniew Michniewicz
The death of Zbigniew Michniewicz in December 2013 was originally treated as a murder after a postmortem revealed evidence of an assault. Five suspects were arrested on suspicion of murder but nobody...
View ArticleOff the Map: Gregory Peake
The death of 26 year-old Gregory Peake in Shoreditch in March 2017 was initially investigated as a murder. Two months later the Homicide and Major Crime Command announced that the death was no longer...
View ArticleOff The Map: Oluwadamilola Odeyingbo
The case of 18 year-old Oluwadamilola Odeyingbo has been removed from the database after the Metropolitan Police concluded it was not a homicide. Their decision was taken after a special post-mortem...
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