Hampshire Murders (Sutton True Crime History)

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The homicide rate was 11.7 per million population, with the rate for males (16.9 per million population) more than twice that for females (6.6 per million population).

Payne, aged 9, was murdered by sex offender Roy Whiting, resulting in changes to British child protection laws. Whiting was sentenced to life imprisonment. Males were much less likely to be the victim of a domestic homicide, with only 11% (50) of male homicides being domestic related in the latest year, a similar proportion to the previous year.Dunblane massacre in 1996: Thomas Hamilton shoots dead 16 school children and their teacher before turning the gun on himself.

An overview of the extent of violent crime in England and Wales, including long-term trends, use of weapons and victim characteristics. Homicide Index data are based on the year when the offence was recorded as a crime, not when the offence took place or when the case was heard in court. While in the majority of cases the offence will be recorded in the same year as it took place, this is not always so. Caution is therefore needed when looking at longer-term homicide trends. For example, the 96 of the 97 deaths that occurred at Hillsborough in 1989 were recorded as manslaughters in the year ending March 2017 following the verdict of the Hillsborough Inquest in April 2016. Additionally, the 173 homicides attributed to Dr Harold Shipman as a result of Dame Janet Smith’s inquiry took place over a long period of time but were all recorded by the police during the year ending March 2003. Table 1: Number of suspects for initially recorded homicide victims, year ending March 2020 to year ending March 2022 Approximately 4 in 10 homicides were committed using a knife or sharp instrument (282 homicides); a 19% increase compared with the previous year, and the highest annual total since the Homicide Index began in 1946 (similar to the previous high of 281 in the year ending March 2018).

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In April 1992, 53-year-old Michael Schallamach from Bitterne, Southampton went missing and police believe he was murdered.