The unit, initially part of Strathclyde police, was set up in 2005 to tackle the city's endemic knife fighting and gang crime. THE murder of 27-year-old heroin addict Margo Lafferty in the winter of 1998 was shocking in more ways than one. Knife crime again escalated giving Glasgow the unwanted title of murder capital. How Scotland stemmed the tide of knife crime - BBC News She had been stabbed 20 times in the face and the neck. George Heron, 24, a neighbour of the victim, was subsequently charged with her murder. Her pension money was missing from the house, along with a ring and an amber paperweight. To contain it, you need to think in terms of transmission and risk, symptoms and causes. showed that 97% of people believe there are fewer gangs on the streets and 71% believe the streets are safer as a result. Sarah Crump, 33, was found murdered at her flat in Southall, west London on 1 September 1991. Liam Campbell completed the Kiltwalk alongside his daughter Rosie, who was with five holes in her heart and a narrowing of the aorta when she was just two-months old. The body of the 63-year-old retired vet was found tied up in his flat on 9 January. Her handbag was missing and police believe she may have been sexually assaulted. 16-year-old Guydance Dacres was shot dead in the Chimes nightclub on Lower Clapton Road. 20-year-old Dorrie McKie was gunned down in. A man police once wanted to quiz about his death is not being sought by them anymore. Hugh Robb Ord's bludgeoned body was found on 15 April on a footpath just behind his flat on Springhill Walk. We take a look at Glasgow's most infamous street gangs, from their heyday to their final hours and how the city left them behind, Get the latest crime news direct to your inbox with the Glasgow Crime and Courts newsletter. This table shows every known victim of murder or manslaughter aged 10-19 in the UK since 1 Jan 2008. A ten-strong gang attempted to kidnap Alan Rosser in March 1999, but the existence of a link between that incident and the fatal shooting of him at his car-repair workshop on 12 November has not been proved. Morelos is likely to be playing his football away from Ibrox next season. The numbers dropped but the Cumbie endured. She was found murdered in her kitchen on Sunday 13 April 1997, she had been bound and beaten and died from asphyxiation. A man has admitted murdering a young woman in Glasgow 22 years ago, bringing to a conclusion one of the 1990s' most publicised unsolved cases. Police fear murder of pregnant teacher Marelle Sturrock 'was He had last been seen on 15 December 1989 at his workplace, the. . She lived an itinerant lifestyle and carried all her belongings in a suitcase, which was never traced. 36-year-old William Toye was fatally stabbed in prison while serving a sentence for killing a man to stop him from testifying against his brother. He did not have any gangland connections and appeared to have been targeted at random. Her husband stood trial for her murder but was acquitted in May 2000. Two people were acquitted of the offence. Although two men were convicted of the murder of 34-year-old Andrew Forsyth, who was discovered lifeless in his flat on 9 November 1995 after he was kicked, punched and hit with pieces of wood, appeal judges overturned their convictions because of statements from witnesses saying Forsyth was alive later than 3 November 1995 (the alleged date of his death). She had been strangled and had extensive head injuries, and some of her clothes were missing. But the old territorialism was also still rife and new battle lines were soon drawn in the new estates. He was not known to have had any enemies, causing police to wonder if he had been murdered in a case of mistaken identity. They now come up against Inverness in the final. Areas like Easterhouse and Castlemilk were like contained mini-cities and soon rival gangs were popping up on every street corner. Three men, including Glasgow gangster. The shop owner was a retired actor and had appeared in the hospital soap opera, 23-year-old Andrew Smith was discovered stabbed to death beside the Forth and Clyde Canal at. John Nolan was left on the drive of a school on Kensington Park Road after being kicked and stamped to death during the annual, 25-year-old Christopher McGrory was discovered strangled to death in his van at Dougalston Golf Course on 23 September. Glasgow nightclubs of the 90s. PDF Kentucky murders 1962 - 2008. - Capital Punishment U.K After two retrials in which the jury was unable to reach a verdict, Jenkins was acquitted in 2006. They set up a violence reduction unit (VRU) guided by the philosophy that violence is like a public health issue: Violent behavior spreads from person to person. Dates-n-Mates Glasgow has been sparking new friendships and romances among adults with learning difficulties since 2008 and has helped build hundreds of new relationships. Revealed: The face of slain gang boss Tony McGovern At the time of his murder, Leslie Jackson was suffering from cancer and did not have long to live. GLASGOW, Scotland Jonathan has scars from his former life. In 1932 Glasgow was sunk in the Great Depression, lawless, fast-talking and with streets ruled by razor gangs. Just days prior to his death, Drummond had withdrawn large amounts of cash from his accounts, although the money was later found in the house. Results for 'murder' | Between 1st Jan 1970 and 31st Dec 1979