Cold Cases in London, United Kingdom
ColdCaseIndex documents 7 cases in London, United Kingdom, dated 1978 to 2023. 3 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Georgi Markov (1978) and the most recent is David Carrick Victims (2023).
- Unsolved 3 (43%)
- Solved or convicted 4 (57%)
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David Carrick Victims
Former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick admitted 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape, against 12 women between 2003 and 2020.
Sarah Everard
Sarah Everard, 33, was kidnapped while walking home in Clapham, south London, on March 3, 2021, by serving Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens, who used his warrant card and handcuffs to detain her.
Stephen Port Victims
Stephen Port killed four young men with overdoses of GHB at his flat in Barking, east London, between June 2014 and September 2015, after meeting them online.
Alexander Litvinenko
Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with polonium-210 in London. A British inquiry concluded Russian President Putin probably approved the operation. Two suspects were identified.
Richey Edwards
Manic Street Preachers lyricist and guitarist Richey Edwards, 27, left the Embassy Hotel in London on February 1, 1995, the day he was due to fly to the US. His car was later found at a service station by the Severn crossing.
Daniel Morgan
Private investigator Daniel Morgan, 37, was killed with an axe in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, south London, on March 10, 1987.
Georgi Markov
Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov was assassinated on Waterloo Bridge in London when a ricin-filled pellet was injected into his leg using a modified umbrella.