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At least 100 UK women are suspected to have been killed by men in 2023

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Counting Dead Women, has recorded at least 100 UK women who were killed by men, or where the primary suspect for an alleged homicide, is a man, in 2023.  

Counting Dead Women monitors the media and collates reports of women suspected to have been killed by men. The project was developed by Karen Ingala Smith, following the murder of Kirsty Treloar in Hackney on 2nd January 2012.  The project is now run with the support of the Femicide Census which Ingala Smith and Clarrie O’Callaghan launched in 2015.

The number of women known or suspected to have been by men in 2023 will inevitably increase beyond 100, sadly even in the next few days. On average since the end of 2009, 140 women have been killed by men every year. That’s an average of two women dead at the hands of a man, every 5 days.

We only count women where men have been charged, or deemed responsible for the death of a woman by a statutory agency, for example in cases such as those where men have killed themselves after killing a woman or have been held under the Mental Health Act in relation to a killing.  The Femicide Census has found that on average in just under 12% of cases men who kill women also kill themselves. We always have a number of cases each year where the media have reported the death of a woman but the circumstances are not yet clear. There are regular reports of women being found dead that end up disappearing from the news, they might end up being non-suspicious deaths, overdoses, suicides (often following abuse), men may have been bailed pending investigation and so on. Usually more details become apparent in the course of the year, when criminal charges can be made and as cases proceed through the criminal justice system.

In addition, the Femicide Census sends Freedom of Information requests to the 42 UK police forces asking for information on women suspected to have been killed by men in the preceding year. This also reveals cases that have not featured in the media or which we might not have seen.

Each woman killed is a loss in and of itself in relation to the woman whose life has been taken. On average, in the UK 58 percent of women killed by men are killed by a current or former partner. Often in these cases, the killing of a woman follows months, years or even decades of violence, abuse and coercive control. In addition, analysis by the Femicide Census finds that around 8 percent of women killed by men, are women who were killed by their own son. Around 10 per cent are women who were killed by a stranger.

The killing of women, because they are women and reflecting unequal relationships between women and men as individuals but also collectively, is known as femicide. Femicide is a systemic issue. Whilst individual men must always be held responsible for the actions that they take, femicide is also a product of sex inequality and widely held cultural values. Regardless of her relationship with the man who killed her and the circumstances of her life, each of these women deserves to be remembered by name and as more than just another statistic. Almost every woman’s death leaves grieving family and friends. There should be no hierarchies in femicide.

Counting Dead Women and the Femicide Census are run by a small number of women: Rosie Allen, Dr Katie Elliot, Heather Harvey, Dr Karen Ingala Smith and Clarrie O’Callaghan. Whist we are happy for you to use our work in your own campaigns, research or other projects, we politely request that you reference the source of your data. The Femicide Census and Counting Dead Women are run entirely on donations and voluntary income. If you would like to donate to support our vital work, you can do so here.

2022

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119 UK women killed by men or where a man is the principal suspect

  1. 5 January 2022: Brenda Blainey, 88, was beaten, stabbed in the chest and had her throat cut at her home in in Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire. Shahin Darvish-Narenjbon, 33, whom she had offered a place to stay, was convicted of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.  
  2. 6 January 2022: Judith Armstrong, 78, was found dead in a house in Herefordshire by police who were following up reports of a car hitting a lamppost. Benjamin Armstrong, 48, has been charged with her murder.
  3. 14 January 2022: Freda Walker, 86, and her husband Ken, 88, were tied up, gagged and beaten during a burglary at their home in Derbyshire. Freda died of her injuries. Vasile Culea, 34, was convicted of Freda’s murder and GBH with intent of her husband, who has since died of cancer. Culea was sentenced to 34 years.
  4. 20 January 2022: Marlene Doyle, 32, was found dead with significant head injuries at her home in Coventry. It is believed she died up to five days prior to her body discovered. Her partner Patryk Skupinski, 37, who police confirmed had a history of domestic violence towards Marlene, was convicted of murder. He was sentenced to a minimum of 21 years.
  5. 23 January 2022: Lauren Malt, 19, was run over twice by her father Nigel Malt, 44, as she tried to stop him attacking her boyfriend, outside her home in Norfolk. Nigel Malt was sentenced to 18 years for her murder.
  6. 24 January 2022: Yasmin Chkaifi, 43, was stabbed to death by her abusive ex-partner Leon McCaskre, 41. The attack took place in the street in West London. A stalking prevention order had been put in place against McCaskre.
  7. 24 January 2022: Mariam Kamara, 46, was found dead after a house fire at her home in London. She had been stabbed eight times, including wounds to her face and neck, by her husband Amidu Komora, 47. The court heard Mariam had confided in friends that she feared he would kill her. Komora was sentenced to 29 for murder and arson.
  8. 27 January 2022: Lucy Powell, 21, was found dead at home Birmingham. Her partner, Gregory Duhamel, 47, smothered her before killing himself.
  9. 28 January 2022: Marena Shaban, 41, suffered multiple stab wounds at the entrance to her home in Birmingham inflicted by her estranged husband Mohammed Arfan, 42. Arfan was convicted of her murder and must serve at least 22 years.
  10. 30 January 2022: Lesma Jackson, 84, was found at her home in Enfield, north London, with a number of injuries and died shortly afterwards. Her 50-year-old son Gareth Jackson, has been charged with her murder.
  11. 1 February 2022: Ashley Wadsworth, 19, was stabbed 90 times by her boyfriend Jack Sepple, 23, at their home in Chelmsford. Ashley had moved from Canada to be with Sepple in 2021, having first met online when Ashley was 12 years old. Sepple was sentenced to 23.5 years for her murder. 
  12. 2 February 2022: Charissa Brown, 36, died of an overdose of prescription drugs. She also had extensive bruising to her face and body from assaults by her boyfriend, Bobby Hardman, 34. He was found guilty of ABH and false imprisonment and sentenced to 4 years, plus 2 years on licence.
  13. 6 February 2022: Kathryn Harris, known is Katy, 44, was found with serious injuries at her home in Derbyshire. Her husband, Conrad Iyayi, 44, has admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He is accused of murder and is due to stand trial in March 2023. 
  14. 14 February 2022: Naomi Hunte, 41, was found stabbed to death at her home in Woolwich. Carl Cooper, 65, has been charged with murder. Cooper has also been charged with the murder of Fiona Holm, 48. She has not been seen since 20 June 2023. 
  15. 17 February 2022: Nicola Shaba, 46, died of a head wound in her home in Folkestone, Kent. Liam Petts, 24, has been charged with her murder and arson reckless as to whether life was endangered.
  16. 21 February 2022: Dawn Trusler, 45, was found dead in a property in Edinburgh. Joseph Cummings, 37, has been charged with her murder.
  17. 21 February 2022: Susan Ioannou, 58, suffered fatal injuries at a property in Enfield. Deka Omar, 23, and Philip Sherwin, 60, have been charged with murder. Police are also seeking a third man in relation to the investigation. 
  18. 24 February 2022: Valerie Freer, 68, was pronounced dead by paramedics on the driveway of her home in Lichfield, Staffordshire. She died of neck injuries. Alexander Verdu Munoz, 26, was charged with her murder and two counts of aggravated burglary. He was found dead in custody while awaiting trial. An inquest ruled Valerie was unlawfully killed.  
  19. 25 February 2022: Clair Ablewhite, 47, was found stabbed to death in her home in Melton, Leicestershire. She had met John Jessop, 26, on a dating website and she had ended the 6-month relationship a week before he killed her. He has been convicted of murder and given a minimum sentence of 17 years and 8 months.
  20. 3 March 2022: Valerie Warrington, 73, and her husband, Clive, 67, were found stabbed to death in separate locations in Gloucestershire. Their son William Warrington, 40, has been charged with their murders.
  21. 15 March 2022: Michelle O’Neill, 47, suffered multiple stab wounds to her face and neck when she was attacked by her son, Zak O’Neill, 20, at their home in Cheltenham. The day before the attack Zak had called the police and mental health Crisis Team and said he was worried he was dangerous. He was convicted of manslaughter with diminished responsibility and detained indefinitely.
  22. 17 March 2022: Sabita Thanwani, 19, was found dead in her bed in university halls in London. She had died of sharp force trauma to the neck. Her boyfriend Maher Maroufe, 22, was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
  23. 24 March 2022: Yasmin Begum, 40, was stabbed to death in her home in East London. Her estranged husband Quyum Miah, 41, was convicted of murder, aggravated by financial gain. He was sentenced to a minimum of 33 years. 
  24. 25 March 2022: Kirstie Ellis, 35, was found dead at home in Leeds. Tony Brooks, 35, pleaded guilty to her murder. Brooks was sentenced to a minimum of 24 years and nine months.
  25. 2 April 2022: Shotera Bibi, 80, was stabbed to death in Newham, East London. Subell Ali, 33, has been charged with her murder.
  26. 3 April 2022: Sherry Bruce, 58, was found seriously injured in Aberdeen and died at the scene. Thai Hoang, also known as Beaton, 24, was charged with murder and the attempted murder of his friend, Sherry’s son. He was not held criminally responsible and detained in a secure hospital.
  27. 4 April 2022: Helen Lawrie, 83, was found dead at home in Norfolk. She suffered at least one blow from a hammer. Her husband, Alexander was also found dead. A coroner ruled Helen was unlawfully killed and Alexander died of suicide.
  28. 10 April 2022: Emma Baillie, 26, was found dead in a property in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Peter Duffy, 46, has been charged with her murder and that of John Duffy, who was found dead in a different property.
  29. 11 April 2022: Ramona Stoia, 35, died from stab wounds to the neck in Canterbury, Kent. Police believe she was killed by her husband, Catalin Micu, 54, who also killed himself. Micu was subject to bail conditions at the time of the femicide following allegations he had raped Ramona throughout their marriage. He had also breached a non-molestation order.  
  30. 16 April 2022: Alyson Nelson, 64, was stabbed to death in Whitehead, County Antrim. William Finlay, 68, pleaded guilty to murder aggravated by domestic abuse in November 2023. He was given a life sentence with a minimum tariff of 20 years.
  31. 19 April 2022: Susan Farrance, 65, and her husband Jeffrey, 67, were found dead with a third man in a Buckinghamshire home. All three are reported to have known each other and no other suspect is being sought.
  32. 19 April 2022: Colette Myers, 33, suffered blunt force trauma when she was attacked by her partner James Campbell, 32, at their home in Newcastle. James Campbell was convicted of murder. He must serve at least 18 years.
  33. 22 April 2022: Katie Kenyon, 33, was last seen alive getting into a vehicle in Burnley, Lancashire. Her body was found in the Forest of Bowland on 29 April 22. Her ex-partner, Andrew Burfield, 50, killed her with an axe. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to 33 years minimum.
  34. 22 April 2022: Buddug Jones, 48, was found dead in her bed, at home in Holyhead, Wales. She died of blunt force injury to the head. Her partner Colin Milburn, 52, was convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 20 years.
  35. 24 April 2022: Inayat Begum, 85, died of head, chest and abdominal injuries, at her home in Burnley, Lancashire. Her son Mumtaz Ahmed, 43, was convicted of murder and must serve at least 22 years.
  36. 25 April 2022: Dolet Hill, 64, was one of four family members, including her partner Denton Burke, 58, her daughter and granddaughter, stabbed to death in south London. Joshua Jacques, 28, her granddaughter’s boyfriend, has been charged with their murders.
  37. 25 April 2022: Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, was one of four family members, including her mother, her mother’s partner and her daughter, stabbed to death in south London. Joshua Jacques, 28, her daughter’s boyfriend, has been charged with their murders.
  38. 25 April 2022: Samantha Drummonds, 27, was one of four family members, including her mother, grandmother and grandmother’s partner, stabbed to death in south London.  Her boyfriend Joshua Jacques, 28, has been charged with their murders.
  39. 1 May 2022: Diana Gabaliene, 33, was found dead in a house in Lincolnshire. She had been strangled by her partner Deividas Gabalis, 40, who also killed himself.
  40. 7 May 2022: Aimee Cannon, 26, was found dead with multiple stab wounds in a house in West Lothian, Scotland. Michael Porchetta, 25, has been charged with her murder.
  41. 8 May 2022: Amanda McAlear, 50, was found dead after sustaining serious injuries, in a house in Glasgow. John Higgins, 62, has been charged with her murder. 
  42. 10 May 2022: Shannon Stanley, 27, was stabbed to death at a house in Birmingham. Pablo Hoad, 27, has been charged with her murder.
  43. 11 May 2022: Lorraine Cullen, 43, was found dead with multiple stab wounds in her home in Merseyside. A 21-year-old man was charged with murder and later detained under the Mental Health Act. Police are not looking for anyone else in relation to her death.
  44. 12 May 2022: Karen Wheeler, 62, was bludgeoned to death by her husband at their home in Birkenhead. Mark Wheeler, 51, was sentenced to 15 years and ten months for her murder.
  45. 13 May 2022: Lisa Fraser, 52, was found dead in her home in Wales. Matthew Harris, 41, was charged with her murder. On 27 May 22, Harris was found hanging in his cell. He died the following day.
  46. 17 May 2022: Ania Jedrkowiak, 21, was stabbed to death as she walked home from work. Her ex-boyfriend Dennis Akpomedaye, 29, had stalked Ania over 100 miles and attacked her in an alleyway in Ealing, west London. The trial heard that Akpomedaye had refused to accept the end of their relationship. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 29 years.
  47. 19 May 2022: Aaisha Hasan, 34, suffered at least 26 stab wounds and defensive cuts to her hands when she was stabbed to death by her husband at their home in Newham. Aaisha had kept pictures of bruises and recordings on her phone which documented her husband’s violent and abusive behaviour towards her. About a week before he killed her, Aaisha can be heard telling her husband to leave because he was going to kill her. Asim Hasan, 33, was convicted of murder.
  48. 24 May 2022: Mari O’Flynn, 79, was punched, strangled and sexually assaulted at her home in Newport, Wales. Simon Parks, 51, her son-in-law, has been convicted and sentenced to a minimum of 25 years.
  49. 31 May 2022: Julie Youel, 53, was stabbed to death by her husband at a property in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Darren Youel, 54, was convicted of her murder and sentenced to a minimum of 12 and a half years.
  50. 1 June 2022: Dr Antonella Castelvedere, 52, was stabbed 15 times by her husband Ertan Ersoy, 50, at their home in Colchester. The court heard that Ersoy had sought to control Antonella’s life. The day before her murder, Antonella wrote a note in her phone which stated that she feared for her life. Ersoy was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years.
  51. 3 June 2022: Kerry Owen, 35, was found dead by a dog walker in Hopwood, Worcestershire.  Her partner, Alan Edney, 30, subjected Kerry to an attack which fractured her nasal bone & knocked out one of her front teeth. She was also strangled during the assault. Edney was convicted of murder and must serve at least 20 years.
  52. 5 June 2022: Saira Ali, 47, was stabbed to death at her in home Sheffield, West Yorkshire. Her husband Vahid Kabiri, 43, has been charged with her murder.
  53. 6 June 2022: Unnamed Woman, [K1] 35, was found seriously injured at a property in Leeds, West Yorkshire and later died in hospital. Rawden Ibbitson, 31, has been charged with her murder.
  54. 16 June 2022: A woman in her 40s, whose name has not been released was found dying on a street in Wolverhampton. Rahul Sharma, 29, has been charged with her murder.
  55. 19 June 2022: Margaret Una Noone, 77, was found dead in the bedroom of a house in Cookstown, N. Ireland. Police said that a set of rosary beads were in her hands. The cause of her death was compression to the neck. Her son, Barry Noone, 45, has been charged with her murder.
  56. 21 June 2022: Sakunthala Francis, 89, was found dead in a house in Croydon, S. London. She had been stabbed to death. Her grandson, Verushan Manoharan, has been charged with her murder.
  57. 22 June 2022: Sally Turner, 50, was stabbed 68 times by her estranged husband at a house in Durham. Harry Turner, 53, was convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 17 years and 120 days in prison.
  58. 25 June 2022: Somaiya Begum, 20, was last seen alive. Her body was found on 6 July 2022 wrapped in carpet on wasteland in Bradford. She had been strangled and stabbed with a metal spike. Her uncle Mohammed Taroos Khan, 52, was convicted of murder.  
  59. 26 June 2022: Zara Aleena, 36, died of head and neck injuries after being attacked as she walked home in north east London. Jordan McSweeney, 29, has been charged with her murder, robbery and attempted rape.
  60. 28 June 2022: Wendy Morris, 76, was found dead with a gunshot wound to her head by medics attending to reports of an unresponsive female in Dorset. He husband, Edward Morris, 79, was also found dead with a gunshot wound. Police are not looking for anyone else.
  61. 7-10 July 2022: Abi Fisher, 29, was found dead in undergrowth after going missing in West Yorkshire. She had been strangled. Her husband, Matthew Fisher, 29, pleaded guilty to her murder. He was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison.
  62. 11 July 2022: Margaret Barnes, 71, was killed in Barmouth, Wales, after a stranger beat her up outside his home. David Redfern, 45, has been convicted of her murder.
  63. 11 July 2022: Hina Bashir, 21, was last seen alive and was reported missing on 14th July. Her body was found in a suitcase in London on 17th July. Muhammad Arslan, 26, who had wanted an intimate relationship with Hina, was convicted of murder. Hina had told him she did not want a relationship.
  64. 16 July 2022: Samantha Murphy, 37, was stabbed in a house in Margate and later died in hospital. Her partner, Thomas Allen, 38, has been charged with her murder. 
  65. 22 July 2022: Madison Wright, 30, was believed to have been killed, via methods not disclosed in media. Her partner, Gary Bennett, 36, then hid her body in a park in Basildon, Essex. He was found guilty of murder. He has been convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 20 years.
  66. 24 July 2022: Lauren Howe, 26, died in hospital after police had found her in a property in Bradford when responding to a concern for safety call. Charlie Booth, 27, has been charged with her murder. He is also charged with threats to commit damage and malicious communications.
  67. 25 July 2022: Becci Rees-Hughes, suffered multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma in a house in Beverley, East Yorkshire. Police believe she was killed by her partner Ben Crosby, 46, who died in a crash following a police pursuit.
  68. 26 July 2022: Mairi Doherty, 41, died in hospital three days after she was injured during ‘a disturbance’ in Dunoon, Glasgow. Kevin Campbell, 43, has been charged with her murder.
  69. 29 July 2022: Kathleen John, 39, ‘fell from height’ in Wembley, London. Leonidas Georgalla 50, has been charged with her murder.
  70. 8 August 2022: Helen Barlow, 54, was found dead at home in North Shields after it was reported that she hadn’t turned up for work. Police said she had been assaulted. Her partner Richard Leishman, 65, was also found dead. Police are treating the case as a ‘murder-suicide’.
  71. 16 August 2022: Mckyla Taylor, 27, suffered 199 injuries when she was attacked with screwdrivers by David Jackson, 66. Jackson, who had convictions dating back to the 1970s for child sexual abuse and exploitation, had a history of exploiting Mckyla and was on bail for punching Mckyla in the street when she was murdered. He was sentenced to a minimum of 17 years.
  72. 16 August 2022: Elinor O’Brien, 22, was found with a stab wound to the groin at her partner’s flat in Manchester. Kevin Mannion, 44 – who had a history of violence, abuse and controlling behaviour towards Elinor throughout their eight-month relationship – was convicted of murder, wounding with intent for an assault in which he stabbed Elinor in her breast and coercive control.
  73. 21 August 2022: Ashley Dale, 28, died in hospital after being shot dead in the garden of her home in Liverpool. It is believed she was not the intended target. Police are appealing for witnesses. 
  74. 22 August 2022: Karen Dempsey, 55, died in hospital after being stabbed in a car park in Liverpool. Her son, Jamie Dempsey, 32, has been charged with her murder.
  75. 23 August 2022: Wendy Buckney-Morgan, 71, was stabbed to death in Swansea. A 55-year-old man has been detailed under the Mental Health Act in relation to her killing.
  76. 24 August 2022: Elizabeth (Lizzie) McCann, 26, was befriended by Simon Goold, 52, and plied with drinks. She went to his flat where he raped and sexually assaulted her before strangling her with a ligature. He was sentenced to serve  a minimum of 35 years in prison for murder, rape and sexual assault.
  77. 26 August 2022: Margaret Griffiths, 87, died in hospital in Wales. Her son, John Griffiths, 57, has been charged with her murder.
  78. 27 August 2022: Susan Moore, 53, died in hospital after being found unresponsive in a property near Newport in Wales. Andrew Jenkin, 48, has been charged with her murder.
  79. 30 August 2022: Katie Hurmuz-Irimia, 40, was stabbed to death at her home in Oxfordshire by her husband Mihai Hurmuz-Irimia, 29. She suffered 171 stabs wounds or incisions in the attack. Mihai Hurmuz-Irimia was sentenced to at least 21 years for murder.
  80. 31 August 2022: Jacqueline Forrest, known as Jaki, 49, was strangled and suffered blunt force trauma when she was attacked by her partner at their home in Haydock, Merseyside. Knife wounds were found on her body and inflicted after her death. Robert Massey, pleaded guilty to murder and two counts of attempted murder of two men. He was sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison.
  81. 3 September 2022: Patricia Bitters, 84, died in hospital after she was repeatedly punched and stamped on by her grandson at her home in Forres, Aberdeenshire. Her grandson, Scott McCulloch, 25, was convicted of murder.
  82. 6 september 2022: Susan Hawkey, 71 was last seen alive, before being found strangled and tied up in her home, in Neasden, 20 days later. The stranger, Xyaire Howard, 23, was found guilty of murder. Howard (and Chelsea Grant, 28) had robbed her before.
  83. 6 September 2022: Harleen Kaur Satpreet Gandhi, 32, was found seriously injured in a house in Leeds. Her husband Satpreet Singh Gandhi, 37, has been charged with her murder.
  84. 6 September 2022: Susan Hawkey, 71 was last seen alive, before being found strangled and tied up in her home, in Neasden, 20 days later. The stranger, Xyaire Howard, 23, was found guilty of murder. Howard (and Chelsea Grant, 28) had robbed her before.
  85. 11 September 2022: Hollie Thompson, 28, was found dead in a property in Belfast. Her partner, Christopher Morelli, 31, has been charged with her murder.
  86. 14 September 2022: Ruth Stone-Houghton, 60, and Christopher Stone-Houghton, 66, were found dead in a house in Portsmouth. Police have commenced a murder investigation with regards to the death of Ruth and are not seeking anyone else.
  87. 14 September 2022: Shakira Spencer, 35, was found dead at her home in Ealing on 25 September 22. She was subjected to a prolonged campaign of beatings, enslavement, coercion, control, humiliation and degradation over a period of months. Shaun Pendlebury, 26, Ashana Studholme, 38, and Lisa Richardson, 44, where convicted of murder and preventing a lawful burial.
  88. 15 September 2022: Jillu Nash, 44, and her 12-year-old daughter Louise, were found dead in a property in Suffolk. Jillu died from pressure to the neck and Louise from stab wounds. Their husband/father Peter Nash, 46, was found guilty their murders. He was ordered to serve at least 40 years.   
  89. 17 September 2022: Jill Barclay, 47, sustained facial injuries, blunt force trauma and strangulation before she was set on fire outside a property in Aberdeen. Rhys Bennett, 22, has been charged with her murder.
  90. 20 September 2022: Emma Potter, 40, was repeatedly stabbed in her chest, stomach, arm and leg at her home in Stroud by Joe Rankin, 33. Rankin, who was known to Emma, told a psychiatrist that he went to her home with the intention of killing her. After her death he sexually violated her body. Rankin was sentenced to a minimum of 24 years for murder.     
  91. 7 October 2022: Diana Dafter, 36, was found stabbed to death at her home in Northampton. Her husband Phillip Dafter, 32, was convicted of murder.
  92. 9 October 2022: Rebecca Steer, 22, died when she was dragged underneath a car in Oswestry, Shropshire. The driver deliberately drove into pedestrians following an earlier altercation with another group. Stephen McHugh, 28, was convicted of murder and sentenced to at least 18 years.  
  93. 12 October 2022: Hilary Round, 67, was found in her home in Ilford, east London, in an early stage of decomposition by police responding to calls about her welfare. She had been strangled to death by her neighbour, Jamie Cook, 31. Cook was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years. 
  94. 22 October 2022: Angie White, 45, was found dead in her home in Plasmarl, Swansea. She was strangled and stabbed to death. Her partner Daniel White, 35, was convicted of murder.
  95. 23 October 2022: Yolanda Saldana Feliz, 53, was stabbed to death in Stratford, east London, along with a second woman who has survived. Police were seeking Miguel Angel Alvarez Florentino, 38, in relation to the murder. A body believed to be Florentino, was pulled from a river in Newham on 28 October.
  96. 24 October 2022: Debbie Gumbrell, 59, was found with multiple stab wounds at her home in West Sussex by police responding to reports of an assault. Her husband James Gumbrell, 64, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He is expected to stand trial for murder in 2024.
  97. 30 October 2022: Caroline Adeyelu, 64, was stabbed to death by her son as she tried to defend her daughter, 33, from being attacked by him at their home in Dagenham. Her daughter sustained seven stab wounds and survived. The court found that Nicolas Aina, 28, was suffering symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia at the time of the attacks. He was given an indefinite hospital order.
  98. November 2022: Sarah Albone, 38, was attacked at her home in in Biggleswade at the end of November 22. Her remains were found in a suit case inside a wheelie bin in February 2023. Her partner, Matthew Waddell, 34, was convicted of murder.
  99. 1 November 2022: Keisha Christodoulou, 32, was stabbed repeatedly and died in her flat in Deptford, S. London. Her ex-partner Leon Murray, 33, has been charged with her murder.
  100. 6 November 2022: Alexis Karran, 49, dies in hospital after being attacked in her home in Tameside.  A 48-year-old man has been detained under the Mental Health Act.
  101. 6 November 2022: Clair Armstrong, 50, was strangled to death by her partner Ashley Kemp, 55, at her home in Messingham, Lincolnshire. Clair had told Kemp to leave the house following a report to the police from a young woman stating she had been sexually assaulted by Ashley Kemp. Kemp was convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 19 years.   
  102. 6 November 2022: Jacqueline (Jackie) Rutter, 53, was shot dead at home in Merseyside. Police have said that they believed it was a targeted attack.
  103. 21 November 2022: Lorraine Mills, 63, was indecently assaulted and stabbed 48 times by her daughter’s ex-partner Richard Shaw, 48, at her home in Southampton. Shaw, who had served 17 years of a life sentence for three counts of rape and was on licence at the time of the killing, was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years for murder.
  104. 22 November 2022: Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, died in hospital two days after a fire at her home which had killed her two daughters Naeemah Drammeh, aged one, and Fatimah Drammeh, aged three. A neighbour Jamie Barrow, 31, was convicted of their murders and ordered to serve at least 44 years.
  105. 23 November 2022: Ruta Draudvilaite, 44, was found unresponsive after a fire in a house in Nelson, Lancashire. Jan Kontash, 57, has been charged with wounding with intent.
  106. 28 November 2022: Mary Andrews, 76, and her husband Bryan, were found dead in their home in Sheffield. Their son, James Andrews, 55, was convicted of double manslaughter with diminished responsibility. He was detained indefinitely.  
  107. 2 December 2022: Michelle Hanson, 47, was stabbed 29 times in her home in Sunderland by her friend, Alexander Carr, 33. Carr was sentenced to a minimum of 29 years and 3 months for murder.
  108. 5 December 2022: Maureen Gitau, 24, was last seen alive. Ex-colleague Mark Moodie, 54, was convicted of murdering Maureen at a block of flats where he worked in south-east London. Maureen’s body has not been found and is believed to have been incinerated.
  109. 8 December 2022: Cynthia Turner, 55, was stabbed in the chest by her husband Legitte Reid, 55, at their home in Tividale, W. Midlands. Ried was convicted of murder and possessing a knife. Originally, he was also charged with rape but the CPS submitted no evidence. 
  110. 14 December 2022: Anju Asok, 35, was strangled to death by her husband Saju Chevalalel, 52, at their home in Northamptonshire. After attempting but failing to poison their children with alcohol and sleeping pills, Chevalalel went onto strangle Jeeva, 6, and Janvi, 4, to death. Chevalalel was sentenced to a minimum of 40 years for their murders.
  111. 15 December 2022: Ailish Walsh, 28, was stabbed with scissors more than 40 times and hit over the head with a dumbbell by her partner Liam Taylor, 37, at her home in east London. Ailish was 22 weeks pregnant with a girl when she was murdered. The court heard that Taylor wanted a boy. He was sentenced to a minimum of 27 years.
  112. 18 December 2022: Natalie McNally, 32, was stabbed to death at her home in Lurgan. She was 15 weeks pregnant. Her partner, Stephan McCullagh, 32, is charged with her murder.
  113. 18 December 2022: Sabrina Cooper, 68, was stabbed five times by Tony King, 59, at her home in East Sussex. Sabrina believed King to be a friend. He was sentenced to a minimum of 23 years for murder.
  114. 20 December 2022: Stacey Warnock, 51, was found dead in a house inn Airdrie, Scotland. John McLaughlan, 52, has been charged with her murder.
  115. 21 December 2022: Francesca Di Dio, 20, and her partner Nino Calabro were found dead in a flat in Thornaby, N. Yorkshire. Andrea Cardinale, 21, was convicted of two counts of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
  116. 23 December 2022: Courtney Boorne, 20, was strangled by her partner at the home their shared in Liverpool. Liam Cain, 19, has been found guilty of murder.
  117. 24 December 2022: Elle Edwards, 26, was shot at close range with a submachine gun outside a pub in Wallasey. Connor Chapman, 22, of no relationship to Elle, was sentenced to 48 years for her murder, the attempted murder of two men, GBH, ABH and wounding with intent.
  118. 31 December 2022: Stephanie Hansen, 39, was killed by her housemate Sheldon Rodrigues, 29. She was stabbed to death and beaten with blunt instruments, at their home in Hayes, West London. He had hidden listening devices around the property to monitor and spy on her. He has been found guilty of murder. Awaiting sentence
  119. 31 December 2022: Gabriella Rudin, 75, who suffered with Parkinson’s Disease, was suffocated by her husband at their home in Cambridge. Martin Rudin, 82, was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He was given a suspended sentence.

Last updated 13 February 2024

 

Remember her too

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The speech I gave at the femicide vigil at FiLiA 2021

In the first three days of 2012, 8 women in the UK were killed through men’s violence.  Three days, 8 dead women: 3 shot, 1 stabbed, 1 stabbed and beaten so hard with her own walking stick that the wood splintered, 1 beaten, 1 strangled, and 1 smothered.

Since then, I’ve been keeping a record of the women in the UK who have been killed through men’s violence and have personally recorded the names of 1,366 women killed by men or, in cases where criminal justice process hasn’t been concluded or has been prevented, for example if the killer also killed himself, where a man is or was the principal suspect. 

I don’t think there’s a person here who won’t know the name of Sarah Everard almost everyone here will also know the name of Sabina Nessa, both women killed this year and whose deaths made national headlines.

But between Sarah and Sabina at least 77 other women were killed in circumstances where a man is held as suspect, awaiting trial or would be if he were still alive.

Do you know the name of the 84-year-old woman who was allegedly strangled by a burglar? What about the 25-year-old woman who was found dead in bags with the body of her two-year-old daughter, the two-year-old daughter who is suspected to have been sexually assaulted –  as well as another child who survived – found buried in concrete beneath someone’s floor? The 82-year-old suspected to have been stabbed by her 84-year-old husband? Or the 29-year-old, found dead in the street with stab wounds to her neck, chest and arm, killed by her husband. At least 115 UK women are suspected to have been killed by men this year. The names of most of these women are not household names.

Men’s fatal violence against women cuts across all sections of society, across ages, class and ethnicity. But, some women are afforded more empathy than others. Some are more likely to be disbelieved, to be blamed, to be sent away without the help they need.

This appalling hierarchy of victims continues into death. It is almost always the young, conventionally attractive, middle-class, white woman killed by a stranger, the perfect victim, who makes the front pages.

Not the 50-year-old from a council estate in Leicestershire, killed by the father of her children after a 30-year marriage, where her life and dignity have been chipped away, little by little, every day. Not the immigrant. Not the 45year old homeless woman with a drug problem who was sexually abused from childhood to death. We need to end the hierarchy of dead women.

And of course, that hierarchy is there in life too. Black women and disabled women are disproportionately victimised yet more likely to receive a sub-standard response from state agencies. Poor women are more likely to be blamed.

Because of the Femicide Census, we know that in the UK 92% of women who are killed by men are killed by someone they know. One in 12 (or 8%) is a woman who is killed by her son. That’s the same proportion– 8% – of women in the UK who are killed by a stranger. 62% of women killed by men are killed by a current or former partner. More than 40% of these had already left or were taking steps to leave him. More than a third of these were killed in the first month post separation, almost ¾ within the first year.

Because of the Femicide Census we know that Sarah Everard was the 16th UK woman to be killed by a serving or former police officer since 2009.  

Femicide is the killing of women, girls and female infants and foetuses, predominantly but not always committed by men. Femicide maintains men’s individual and/or collective dominant status, or reflects the lower status of females. Femicide is not just homicide of women by men, it’s about how and why women are killed and how this is different to the circumstances in which men are killed.

Do I believe it is possible to end men’s violence against women, to end femicide? I don’t know. Do I believe it is likely? No. There just isn’t the will. Patriarchal societies, in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, authority, social privilege and control of resources, ensure that power stays with the powerful and advantaged; it’s the same with socio-economic class, it’s the same with race. Sure, there will continue to be steps to address men’s violence against women and girls. And mostly these will have originated from feminists but what is implemented by the state will always be a watered-down version.

Men’s violence against women and girls is both a cause and consequence of sex inequality. Whilst perpetrators must be held responsible for their actions and behaviours; men’s violence against women is not reducible simply to individual acts perpetrated by individual men. Men’s violence against women is a key instrument of men’s domination of women, supported and normalised by patriarchal institutions, attitudes and social norms and values.

What can you do? Make politicians know you care. Make politicians know that men’s violence against women is an issue that could lose them votes. Make sure that every woman counts. Make them know that they damn well better be able to say that only women have a cervix.

Know their names. Not just Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa. But Mandeep Singh, Angela Tarver, Valerie Richardson, Mihrican Mustapha, Sammy-Lee Lodwig, Denise Keene-Simmons.

Thank you, Keira Cadwell, for creating this beautiful commemoration to women. Each heart carrying the name of a woman killed by a man, taken from my work at Counting Dead Women.

Thank you, Keira Cadwell, for creating this beautiful commemoration to women. Each heart carrying the name of a woman killed by a man, taken from my work at Counting Dead Women.

Counting Dead Women is a project about women killed by men

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My name is Karen Ingala Smith and I prioritise women. I prioritise the well-being of women who have been subjected to men’s violence. I try to make sure I see the women that many others disregard. I’d like to contribute to ending men’s violence against women and girls. If I can’t do that, I’ll settle for helping ensure that women have access to specialist support from women, that victim-survivors’ needs are prioritised and wishes heard, and that more people understand the realities of men’s violence against women, girls and children.

Counting Dead Women is a project about women killed by men. I started it in January 2012 as a reaction to the murder of a young woman in East London. I watch out for media reports of women killed by men – and I record them.  I record their names so that those women are never merely statistics.

Yes, I know more men are victims of homicide. You know that they’re killed by men, right? No, I’m not going to start counting dead men. Find someone who is interested in men’s violence to men to do that for you. Or, do it yourself. Yes, you’ll be busy. I know, because I’ve been Counting Dead Women for over 9 years.

Yes, I know that sometimes women kill men. Do you know that when men kill a female partner or ex-partner, the Femicide Census was able to find evidence of prior violence and abuse to the woman they killed in 59% of cases.  And we’re sure this is an undercount because women so often tell no one about what an abusive man is doing to them behind closed doors.  Do you know that the Centre for Women’s Justice found that when women kill a male partner or ex-partner, in 77% of cases there was evidence that he, the man who was killed, was the one with the history of violence and abuse and that she was the victim?

Yes, I know that sometimes men who identify as transgender or transsexual are killed. There have, as far as I am aware, been 9 since 2009. Unlike most people who faux-innocently ask me whether Counting Dead Women includes ‘transwomen’, I could name every one of them.  Whether the fact that they rejected male gender norms played a part in their deaths, I don’t know. They were all killed by men, only one was killed by a current/former partner. Incidentally, trans identified males have killed 12 people in the same time period, four of them women and one a transgender male.

Yes, I oppose violence and discrimination against people because they reject sex-role stereotypes. There is an international movement to commemorate trans victims of murder. I don’t need to.  Nor would I because I prioritise women victims of men’s violence.  

No, I don’t believe that men who identify as transgender or transwomen are subjected to misogyny.  I believe they are subjected to hate and discrimination because they dare to reject male gender norms. I support and celebrate (not actively) any man’s right to do that.  No, I don’t believe people can change sex. I think gender functions to maintain male supremacy and female subordination.

I support universal human rights but you can do that and still prioritise women. There isn’t a single human right that excludes trans people. That’s the way it should be. No one has a human right to impose their belief system on another.

Prioritising women does not mean that I don’t care about anyone else, that I don’t recognise the humanity of males, or that I am incapable of empathising with, or liking individual males, including some who identify as transgender. It doesn’t mean that I don’t recognise the pain of someone who has lost a man that they love or care for to violence.  It just means that I prioritise women. I choose to devote my energies to women. My time. My life. My choice. It really doesn’t have to be yours but I think the state of the world reflects that fewer people choose to prioritise women than prioritise men, or accept the status quo.   

Since 2009, at least 1,691 women and girls aged 14 and over have been killed by men.  This includes 1,425 named in the Femicide Census, killed between 2009 and 2018, plus another whose death has come to light since we went to publication. Plus 128 women killed in 2019 (Femicide Census figures, as yet unpublished) and 107 killed in 2020 (we haven’t got the FOIs back yet, so this includes women identified in the media only and so it will undoubtedly increase) and 31 women killed this year.

And we know there are more. There were 117 women and girls who suffered violent, premature and suspicious deaths between 2009 and 2018, where men were directly or indirectly implicated that we couldn’t include in the Femicide Census (for reasons explained in the 10-year report). Those are just the women we know about. We don’t doubt that there are more that we don’t know about.

My name is Karen Ingala Smith and I prioritise women. I count women killed by men. No, I don’t count men. No, I don’t include transwomen. And if that isn’t good enough for you, I really don’t care what you think about me.

2021

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At least 146 UK women were killed by men (or where a man was the principal suspect) in 2021:

  1. 4 January 2021: Eileen Dean, 93, was found badly injured on her bed in a care home in South London. She had suffered injuries to her head and neck, some of which, it is reported, were inflicted with her walking stick. Fellow care home resident Alexander Rawson, 62, was found responsible after a trial of facts as he was deemed unfit to stand trial. 
  2. 7 January 2021: Sue Addis, 69, died after being stabbed in her home near Brighton. Her 17-year-old grandson, Pietro Addis, was convicted of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 10 years, with an extended sentence of 5 years. He is expected to serve at least two thirds of the 10 year prison sentence before being considered for parole.
  3. 11 January 2021: Carol Hart, 77, was found dead in a house in Devon. She was killed by a ‘carer’:  Michael Robinson, 35, after she discovered that her had used her bank card to withdraw £5,650 from her account.  He attacked her in her bed, punched and kicked her in the face and strangled her.  He was convicted of murder and given life, with a minimum of 30 years.
  4. 17 January 2021: Jacquelyn Price, who was in her late 50s, was found unconscious and later died at her home in Andreas, on the Isle of Man. Her son, James Price, 21, had strangled her and admitted manslaughter. He was detained in a mental health unit indefinitely.
  5. 17 January 2021: Mary Wells, 21, was killed via stabbing, a blunt instrument and strangulation in Colchester, Essex. Adam Butt, 21, has admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He received a 12-year sentence minimum.
  6. 24 January 2021: Tiprat Argatu, 43, was killed via beating and stabbing in her home she shared with her partner, in Whitechapel, London. by police responding to calls of concern for her welfare. David Cheres, 19, another intimate partner, was found guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and was given an indefinite hospital order.
  7. 27 January 2021: Christie Frewin, 25, was found with fatal injuries at her home in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.  Her ex-partner Alex Staines, 30, stabbed her at least 17 times and her children were left alone in the house with her body. He had admitted to her murder and sentenced to 22 years minimum.
  8. 28 January 2021: Souad Bellaha, 62, killed via her throat being cut at her home in Maidstone, Kent.  Abdelaziz El Msseyah, 57, was charged with murder but found unfit to plea. After a trial of facts, he was determined responsible for the death and detained under the Mental Health Act.
  9. 29 January 2021: Ann Turner, 82, was found dead in her home in Herefordshire. A 56-year-old man, arrested on suspicion of murder, has been detained under the Mental Health Act. The police are not looking for anyone else in connection to the incident.   
  10. 29 January 2021: N’Taya Elliott-Cleverley, 20, was killed via strangulation, suffocating at the home she shared with her partner in Wavertree, Liverpool. Her partner, 19-year-old Mohammed Diakite, also known as Nigel Diakite, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 19 years minimum.
  11. 29 January 2021: Rose Marie Tinton, 77, known as Marie, was killed via a blunt instrument, by her son at their home in Southport, Merseyside. Her son, Andrew Tinton, 54, was charged with murder, but his guilty plea of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility was accepted. He was then detained under the Mental Health Act.
  12. 31 January 2021: Ranjit Gill, 43, was killed at home in Milton Keynes. She had been stabbed 18 times by her husband Anil Gill, 46. He was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 22 years.
  13. 1 February 2021: Helen Joy, 54, died after being beaten and left with 121 separate injuries and terminal hypothermia at her home in Wirrall. She had been killed by her partner Kevin Ashton, 45, who lived with her and had subjected her to abuse throughout their relationship. He was given a minimum of 19 years after being found guilty of murder.
  14. 4 February 2021: Emma Robertson, 39, was stabbed to death outside her workplace, in Kilmarnock, shortly before her daughter Nicole Anderson, 24, was also killed. Her estranged husband, Steven Robertson, 40, is thought to have killed them both before killing himself.  
  15. 4 February 2021: Nicole Anderson, 24, was stabbed to death outside her workplace, in Kilmarnock, shortly after her mother, Emma Robertson, 29, had also been killed. Steven Robertson, 40, her mother’s estranged husband, is thought to have killed them both before killing himself.  
  16. 6 February 2021: Linda Maggs, 74, was stabbed 15 times by her husband, in the home they shared in Pontypool. They had separated some months before and had told people on at least 3 occasions that he wanted to kill her on the months leading up to the murder. Her husband, David Maggs, 70, has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 20 years.  
  17. 6 February 2021: Carol Smith, 75, was found dead by police who had been called to her home in Bexhill, Sussex. She had been shot. Her husband, 78, then shot himself but survived. After pleading guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility and was detained under the Mental Health Act.
  18. 7 February 2021: Sophie Moss, 33, was found in a critical condition but pronounced dead shortly later, at her home in Darlington, County Durham. Someone she had been seeing on and off for a few years, Sam Pybus, 31, strangled her to death during sex. He was charged with murder but his plea of manslaughter was accepted and he was given 4 years and 8 months.
  19. Between 9 and 10 February 2021: Christina Rowe, 28, was killed at her home via strangulation, beating and stabbing, before being dumped into River Severn in Worcester. Her former intimate partner, Charles Byrne, 24, was charged with her murder and the attempted murder of the victim’s child after the child witnessed the victim’s body. He was found guilty of attempted murder and guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He was given a minimum 16-year sentence, in a hybrid order, initially detained and considered mentally unwell, to be transferred to prison when he is deemed fit.
  20. 11 February 2021: Susan Hannaby, 69, was killed via blunt force, stabbing and strangulation at her house in Wrexham, Wales. Her home was then set on fire. Her grandson, Kyle Ellis, 25, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and given an indefinite hospital order.  
  21. 13 February 2021: Michelle Lizanec, 44, was murdered by her husband, whom she’d recently left following years of abuse, at his home in Inchture. He slit her throat. Former soldier John Lizanec, 49, was convicted of murder, abusive and threatening behaviour and attempting to defeat the ends of justice. He was sentenced to a minimum of 24 years.
  22. 15 February 2021: Wieslawa Mierzejewska, 59, was stabbed to death by her son, at their home in Cambridgeshire. She was killed and then dismembered. Ernest Grusza, 40. He was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity and given an indefinite hospital order.
  23. Between 12 and 16 February 2021: Christina Arnold, 71, was suffocated by her husband at their home in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Her husband of 50-years, David Arnold, 81, then killed himself and left a letter explaining his plan.  
  24. Between 20 February and 5 March 2021: Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her 2-year-old daughter Jellica, were killed. They were reported missing on 1 March, with her other child who has since been found alive. An acquaintance, Andrew Innes, 50, killed her via stabbing repeatedly and a blunt instrument in his home, in Dundee, Scotland. Jellica was sexually abused and suffocated. Another child witnessed the murders and was also raped. He then wrapped their bodies, concealed them in concrete, under his kitchen floor. He was found guilty of double murder, rape, sexual assault and perverting the course of justice.
  25. 22 February 2021: Anna Ovsyannikova, 48, was found dead in a house in Ealing, W. London. Curtis Brown, 48, was charged with murder but reports indicate he has died since.
  26. Between 1 and 18 February 2021: Tina Eyre, 62, is said to have been stabbed to death and beaten with a shovel. She was from Gloucester but had retired to Bulgaria, where she was killed. Neighbours who were worried that they hadn’t seen her discovered her boyfriend Denislav Runevski, 28, digging a grave. He has since admitted to police that he killed her and he was given 17 years imprisonment.
  27. 2 March 2020: Samantha Heap, 45, was killed in her home in Congleton, Cheshire. Her neighbour David Mottram, 47, strangled her with a ligature, stabbed her and inflicted multiple blunt force injuries upon her. There was also evidence of sexual violence. He was found guilty of murder and given 30 years minimum.
  28. 3 March 2021: Sarah Everard, 33, was abducted, raped and murdered via strangulation, by servicing police officer, Wayne Couzens, 48. She was walking home in the Clapham area when she was abducted. He then hid her body and burned it. He was found guilty of kidnapping, murder and rape and sentenced to a whole life term.
  29. 4 March 2021: Geetika Goyal, 29, was stabbed 19 times in the neck and chest at their home, then wrapped in plastic and dumped in a street in Leicestershire by her husband Kashish Aggarwal, 29.  He was found guilty of murder and given 20.5 years minimum.
  30. 4 March 2021: Imogen Bohajczuk, 29, was killed at her home in Oldham. Her boyfriend Daniel Smith, 41, stabbed her multiple times and used a blunt instrument and strangulation, and wrote ‘It was me’ on her leg.  He pleaded guilty to murder and was given a minimum of 17 years.
  31. 5 March 2021: Wenjing Lin, 16, was strangled to death at her home, in South Wales by Chun Xu, 31 in what was said to be an act of revenge against her mother for a gambling debt.  Her step father was also stabbed but survived. He was found guilty or attempted murder and murder and received a minimum of 30 years.
  32. 19 March 2021: Karen McClean, 50, was stabbed to death at her home in Newtownabbey, N. Ireland, by son Ken Flanagan, 26. Flanagan also killed his partner, Stacey Knell, 30. He then killed himself.
  33. 19 March 2021: Stacey Knell, 30, was stabbed to death by her partner Ken Flanagan, 26, at a house in Newtownabbey, N. Ireland. Flanagan had also stabbed and killed his mother Karen McClean, 50.  He then killed himself.
  34. 23 March 2021: Smita Mistry (also known as Smita Saunders), 32, suffered multiple injuries to her head, face and torso including blunt force injuries when she was attacked by her partner Frank Farrell, 36, at her home in Leicester. Farrell was convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 24 years. Since his conviction for murder, Farrell has been convicted of multiple counts of rape and sexual assault against two women.    
  35. 23 March 2021: Samantha (Sammy) Mills, 31, died in a house fire in Huddersfield, in which a man was also killed and 4 other people injured. Craig Collier, 34, an acquaintance, has been found guilty of arson with intent to endanger life, guilty of double murder and guilty of perverting the course of justice. He was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years.
  36. 24 March 2021: Dyanne Mansfield, 71, had her throat slit by her husband, Graham Mansfied, 73, at their home in Trafford. Originally charged with murder, he was found guilty of manslaughter after claiming he had killed her as an act of love, in a suicide pact. Three knives and a lump hammer were found near her body. Two notes were found near their bodies, neither had been written or signed by Dyanne. He was found guilty of manslaughter and given a suspended sentence of 2 years.
  37. Between 23 and 25 March, 2021: Patricia Audsley, 66, was killed via stabbing and beating, by her husband, at their home in Mirfield, W. Yorkshire. Nigel Audsley, 66, was charged with murder, found unfit to plea and given an indefinite hospital order.
  38. 26 March 2021: Phyllis Nelson, 76, was killed via a blunt instrument and strangulation, in her home in East London. Donovan Miller, 30, her grandson, was found guilty of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility, and guilty of sexually penetrating a corpse. 
  39. 27 March 2021: Klaudia Soltys, 30, was stabbed to death by her an intimate partner, as she tried to take steps to separate from Amadeusz Sekula, 20, at their home in Hull. He was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 17.5 years.
  40. 29 March 2021: Simone Ambler, 49, was stabbed 70 times to death, by her partner at their home in Blackpool. Donald Payne, 62, has been found guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. He received a minimum of 12 years.
  41. 1 April 2021: Emma McArthur, 43, was stabbed to death, and left lying at a road junction near her home in Berkshire. She was killed by her former partner Christopher Minards, 35. She had suffered abuse from him throughout their relationship. He was found guilty of murder and possessing an offensive weapon and received a minimum of 16 years.  
  42. 1 April 2021: Sherrie Milnes, 51, was found dead in a house of Weymouth with multiple stab wounds and also having suffered compression to the neck. Her former intimate partner, Steven Doughty, 54, is believed to have killed her before killing himself, an inquest found. She had suffered abuse from Steven before.
  43. 4 April 2021: Constanta Bunea, 49, was killed by her partner in their shared home in Plumstead, S.E. London. Her husband Vasile Bratu, 39, stabbed her to death with scissors. He was found guilty of murder and was given a minimum of 21 years.
  44. 6 April 2021: Jacqueline Grant, 54, was found dead in her home in Glasgow after being stabbed to death. She was killed by her daughter’s ex-partner, Michael Dorey, 46. He was found guilty of her murder and sentenced to 19 years minimum.
  45. 9 April 2021: Loretta Herman, 85, was strangled to death at their home in Ilford, East London. Her son, Mark Herman, 54, was charged with murder but shortly killed himself after.
  46. 10 April 2021: Sally Metcalf, 68, died of compression to her neck. Her husband, Jonathan Metcalf, 72, was found hanged. The inquest concluded that Jonathan had strangled her before killing himself.  
  47. 13 April 2020: Sarah Keith, 26, was killed by her partner at her home in Horsforth, Leeds. After he had strangled and stabbed her, her partner Carl Chadwick 35, watched pornography and took cocaine. He had planned it for weeks and admitted murder, receiving a 25-year-minimum sentence.
  48. 15 April 2021: Manisha Solanki, 49, was killed with a blunt instrument by her husband at their home in Humberstone, Leicestershire. He then tied up her body and attempted to decapitate her. Her husband Kausok Solanki’s, 54, plea of guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility was accepted. He received a 10-year sentence.
  49. 18 April 2021: Peggy Wright, 83, died after her son tried to save her by jumping with her, out of a window to escape a fire started in an arson attack on her home in Birmingham. The stranger, Mark O’Brien, 46, was found guilty of arson with intent to endanger life, guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He received a minimum of 14 years.
  50.  23 April 2021: Charmaine O’Donnell, 25, died after being pushed off Helensburgh Pier, Scotland, by a stranger. Jacob Foster, 28, was found guilty of culpable homicide and received a hospital order.
  51. 23 April 2021: Michelle Cooper, 40, was beaten and kicked by a group of men when she intervened following an assault on her nephew, in Jaywick, Essex and died of the injuries a couple of days later. Bobby Nethercott, 31, has been convicted of manslaughter and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He received an 8-year sentence.
  52. 25 April 2021: Kerry Bradford, 57, was found dead at home in Newport, Wales, by police. An inquest found that her husband, Nicholas Bradford, 57, stabbed her to death before killing himself.  
  53. 27 April 2021: Julia James, 53, was found dead with serious head injuries, in woodland in Kent, where she had taken her dog for a walk. A stranger, Callum Wheeler, 21, was found guilty of her murder and sentenced to a minimum of 37 years.  
  54. 30 April 2021; Beth Aspey, 34, was found dead by police at her home in Reading, she had suffered blunt force injury to her head. Her boyfriend Ben Shand, 45, has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 20 years.
  55. 2 May 2021: Susan Booth, 62, was killed with an axe by her husband (they were separated), found outside her home in Oldham, Lancashire. Stephen Booth, 63, has been found guilty of murder with a minimum of 22-year sentence.
  56. 3 May 2021: Maya Zulfiquar, 26, from London, was strangled and shot in Lahore, Pakistan. It is alleged that she had been threatened by men who wanted to marry her. No charges have yet been made.
  57. 4 May 2021: Maria Rawlings, 45, was found dead and naked in bushes near Romford, Essex. She had head injuries, had been strangled and stabbed by a stranger, Valentin Lazar, 20, as she travelled home from hospital. He received a minimum of 23.5 years in prison.
  58. 4 May 2021: Chenise Gregory, 29, from London, was found stabbed to death in a hotel in Harrogate, N. Yorkshire.  It is believed she was killed by her partner, Michael McGibbon, 29, before he killed himself. 
  59. 7 May 2021: Leah Ware, 33, disappeared from Hastings, Sussex. Mark Brown was charged with the murder of another woman, Alexandra Morgan in November 2021. He has been found guilty of both murders and sentenced to a minimum of 49 years. He met both women on an ‘escort’ website.
  60. 9 May 2021: Agnes Akom, 20, also known as Dora, was last seen in Cricklewood, London. An acquaintance, Neculai Paizan, 63, Killed her in a shipping container with a power tool and hid her body in woodlands. He has been sentenced to 22 years minimum.  
  61. 10 May 2021: Wendy Cole, 70, was stabbed to death in her home in Cambridgeshire. Her son, John Cole, 35, has been convicted of her murder and given an 11-year-minimum sentence.
  62. 11 May 2021: Caroline Crouch, 20, a British woman who lived in Athens, was strangled and tortured. Her husband Babis Anagnostopoulos, 33, claimed that three robbers had broken into their apartment and tied him up before killing her. On 17 June, he was questioned by police and confessed to her murder. He received a minimum of 27-year-sentence.
  63. 12 May 2021: Svetlana Mihalachi, 53, died in hospital, five weeks after being attacked with a hatchet in a house in Ilford, by her brother-in-law, Nicolae Virtosu, 47. Virtosu, who had already been convicted of the unlawful killing of his wife in Moldova, as well as the rape of a woman when he was 18, was convicted of murder. He has been sentenced of a minimum of 28 years. The judge said he had a “deep-seated hatred” of women.
  64. 12 May 2021: Nicola Kirk, 45, died in hospital in Dumfries, Scotland after being deliberately driven at, after she tried to stand up to a stranger who was abusive. Ian Edwards, 35, has been found guilty of culpable homicide and received 7-year sentence. He had 26 previous convictions, including a history of domestic abuse.
  65. 13 May 2021: Maria Rafel Chavez, 32, was strangled to death by her husband, at their home in Ilford, London. Her husband, Muhammad Ilyas, 40, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 18 years.  
  66. 25 May 2021: Agita Geslere, 61, died in hospital after being found with multiple stab wounds at home, in Barnsley, S. Yorkshire. Her son, Renars Geslers, 31, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility and it was accepted. He was given an indefinite hospital order.
  67. 25 May 2021: Alison Stevenson, 62, was found dead at her house in Helston, Cornwall. Her grandson, Cameron Dancey-Stevenson, 25, stabbed her to death after she had called the police when he breached a restraining order coming to hers a month prior. He has been convicted of murder. He has been sentenced to a minimum of 18 years.
  68. 26 May 2021: Lauren Wilson, 34, was stabbed to death in Renfrew, Scotland. She suffered 77 injuries, including 29 stab wounds. Her ex-partner Craig Walker, 39, was convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 21 years.
  69. 27 May 2021: Peninah Kabeba, known as Penny, 42, was found dead at home, in Cheam, South London, with multiple stab wounds. Her lodger, Mohsen Saadi, 56, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 18 years.
  70. 29 May 2021: Jill Hickery was stabbed to death at home in Cornwall by her husband Donald Hickery, 84. He was deemed unfit to stand trial, but a trial of facts found him responsible for the act. He has been given a hospital order.
  71. 31 May 2021: Bethany Vincent, 26, and her 9-year-old son, Darren, were stabbed to death at their home in Louth, Lincolnshire. Her ex-partner, Daniel Boulton, 29, has been convicted of the murders and sentenced to a minimum of 40 years.
  72. 1 June 2021: Esther Brown, 67, was raped and killed via a blunt instrument and beating, at her flat in Glasgow. The stranger, Jason Graham, 30, has been convicted of rape and murder and given a minimum of 19 years. He had 23 previous convictions, including a rape conviction in 2013.
  73. 1 June 2021: Michaela Hall, 49, was stabbed to death by her partner, at their home in Truro, Cornwall. Lee Kendall, 42, subjected her to abuse and violence throughout their relationship and was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 21 years.
  74. 1 June 2021: Mildred Whitmore, 84, was strangled by a stranger, in her home in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Chase Kelly, 31, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. He was given a minimum sentence of 9 years and 9 months.
  75. 2 June 2021: Stacey Clay, 39, died in hospital after being found seriously injured in her garden in Nottingham on 19 May. She was repeatedly stabbed and strangled by her ex-partner. Matthew Farmer, 42, had been convicted of murder and given a minimum of 29 years.
  76. 11 June 2021: Linda Hood, 68, was found dead at her home in Norfolk by fire crews. A post mortem found she had died of strangulation and blunt force trauma to her face. Her brother-in-law Paul Kelly-Bridle, 58, was convicted of murder and arson and sentenced to a minimum of 23 years.  
  77. 16 June 2021: Marlene Coleman, 53, was stabbed to death by her boyfriend in the flat they shared in Lewisham, London. Franklin McLeod, 54, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 20 years.
  78. 18 June 2021: Sophie Cartlidge, 39, was found dead in a property in North Lincolnshire by her daughter. Police said the no weapons had been used but that she had suffered significant injuries. Her partner Andrew Grimes, 37, has been convicted of murder and two counts of sexual assault on her. He was given a minimum of 27 years.  
  79. 18 June 2021: Gracie Spinks, 23, was killed in a paddock in Derbyshire as she tended her horse. Michael Sellars, 35, suspected of killing her was a former colleague who had been stalking her and against whom she had taken out a restraining order. He killed himself after.   
  80. 19 June 2021: Kim Dearden, 63, was stabbed to death at her home in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. Her son, Charles Dearden, 31, pleaded guilty of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility and given a hospital order.  
  81. 19 June 2021: Michelle Hibbert, 29, and her husband were stabbed to death at their home in Basingstoke. A man they referred to as a friend, Stanley Elliot, 52, has been convicted of their murders and given a minimum of 34 years.
  82. 5 June 2021: Edith Pearce, 89, was found dead at her home in London. She had been smothered. A post-mortem also found she had sustained 21 fractures to her ribs. Her son Kevin Pearce, 58, was charged with her murder. He denies murder, awaiting trial.
  83. 22 June 2021: Sally Poynton, 44, was stabbed to death in a house in Cornwall. Her son, Jacob Poynton-Whiting, 22, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility, guilty to grievous bodily harm after injuring his brother. He was given a hospital order.
  84. 23 June 2021: Catherine Wardleworth, who was in her 70s, was shot dead in Merseyside. Police believe she was killed by her husband Leslie Wardleworth, before he killed himself.  
  85. 29 June 2021: Sukhjit Badial, 73, and her husband, were found dead in their home in Warwickshire. She died from ‘a number of injuries’. Police believe he killed her before killing himself.  
  86. 3 July 2021: Elsie Pinder, 66, died after a fire was set at her home in Southend, Essex. Her son, Andrew Wilding, 41, has been found guilty of murder and arson with intent to endanger life. He was given a minimum of 25 years and 230 days.
  87. 4 July 2021: Catherine Stewart, 54, was found dead in her home in Airdrie, Scotland. Colin Kennedy, 60, has been charged with her murder. Trial is set for July 2024.
  88. 4 July 2021: Ishrat Ahmed, 52, was killed with an axe death and her husband was also seriously injured at their home in Lancashire. A man known to their family, Mohammad Yaqub Malik, 58, has been found guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 13 years and 32 months to run concurrently, for the attack on her husband.
  89. 7 July 2021: Tamara Padi, 45, was stabbed multiple times in her home in Greater Manchester by her husband, whom she was separated. Aubrey Padi, 41, was given a minimum of 23 years after admitting murder.
  90. 12 July 2021: Katie (Kathleen) Brankin, 37, was stabbed to death by her partner, at a glamping site on the coast at Limavady, N. Ireland. Thomas Davidson, 53, was charged with her murder and later died in prison. An inquest concluded he stabbed her five times and killed her.
  91. 13 July 2021: Sandra Hughes, 63, died after being doused in petrol and set alight at her home in Gorton, Manchester. Her son, Mark See, 34, has been convicted of murder and given a minimum sentence of 21 years.
  92. 23 July 2021: Beatrice Stoica, 36, was stabbed to death at her home, in S. London. Her ex-husband Stony Stoica, 44, has been convicted of murder and was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years.  
  93. 24 July 2021: Pat (Patricia) Holland, 83, was murdered by her lodger, Allan Scott, 41, at the home they shared in Norfolk. He then burned her body in a bonfire, so it was unable to determine how he had killed her. He was found guilty of murder and preventing a lawful burial. He was sentenced to a minimum of 35 years.
  94. 26 July 2021: Louise Kam, 71,  was last seen alive by a family member in Barnet, London. Her body was found on 1st August, after being strangled. The acquaintances, Mohamed El Abboud (26) & Kusai Al Jundi (23) have been convicted of murder.  They were both sentenced to a minimum of 35 years.
  95. 31 July 2021: Yordanos Brhane, 19, was stabbed and strangled by a friend, after she said she only had platonic feelings for him, at her home in Birmingham.  Halefom Weldyohannes, 25, was convicted of her murder and sentenced to a minimum of 21 years.
  96.  31 July 2021: Amanda Selby, 15, from Greater Manchester was strangled to death in a holiday park in Wales. Her brother, Matthew Selby, 19, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and when this was accepted, he was given a minimum of 5 years.   
  97. 1 August 2021: Malgorzata Lechanska, 37, was found dead with a severe head injury after being hit in the head with an axe by her husband, at their home in Norfolk. Her husband Rafal Winiarski, 39, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. Sentencing this year.
  98. 7 August 2021: Megan Newborough, 23, was strangled and had her throat cut by her boyfriend before he hid her body in a country lane in Leicestershire. Ross Macullam, 29, has been convicted of murder and given 23 years minimum.
  99. 9 August 2021: Jomaa Jarerre, 52, was found dead in a layby in Staffordshire. Her remains had been set on fire. It is believed she was killed between 3 and 4 August 21. Clive O’Connor, 57, who Jomaa believed was a friend, was convicted of murder. He was sentenced to life with a minimum of 25 years.
  100. 9 August 2021: Jane Fitzpatrick, 48, was found dead in a car in Glenrothes. She had been beaten round her head by her partner, Mark Campbell, 35, with a tyre iron. The trial heard that Campbell, who had a history of violence against women, had subjected Jane to a pattern of abuse throughout the relationship. He was convicted of murder, assaulting six other women and of raping three of them between 2004 and 2020. He was sentenced to a minimum of 27 years.
  101. 9 August 2021: Diana Nichols, 57, was beaten to death at her flat in Hawick, Scotland. Her boyfriend, Rory O’Connor, 54, has been convicted of murder and given a minimum of 15.5 years.
  102. 12 August 2021: Maxine Davison (Chapman), 51, was shot dead by her son, Jake Davison, 22, who killed four other people (Sophie Martyn, Kate Shepherd, Lee Martyn, Stephen Washington) in Plymouth, before killing himself.  
  103. 12 August 2021: Kate Shepherd, 66, was shot dead by Jake Davison, 22, in Plymouth. Davison killed four other people (his mother Maxine Davison/Chapman, Sophie Martyn, Lee Martyn, Stephen Washington) before killing himself.  
  104. 14 August 2021: Bella Nicandro, 76, was stabbed to death in her home in Notting Hill, London. Her neighbour, Aaron Cook, 23, has convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and given an indefinite hospital order.
  105. 15 August 2021: Eileen Barrott, 50, was killed with a hammer and strangled by her husband at their home in Leeds. Her husband, Mark Barrott, 54, subjected her to abuse and stalking throughout their relationship. He has been convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 21 years.  
  106. 19 August 2021: Sharron Pickles, 45, was found dead with an incised wound to her throat at her home, in North London. Her partner, Lee Peacock, 49, has been convicted of her murder and that of and Clinton Ashmore, 59.  He was sentenced to 39 years, minimum.
  107. 19 August 2021: Norma Girolami, 70, was beaten and strangled at her home in North London, before her body was hidden in a churchyard. A man known to her, Serkan Kaygusuz, 41, demanded hundreds of thousands of pounds from her during the time they knew each other, before he killed her. He was convicted of murder, fraud and perverting the course of justice, and given a minimum of 35 years.
  108. 23 August 2021: Helen Anderson, 41, from London, was strangled to death on a bus that her and her partner lived in, and her body was left undergrown beside a slip road in Surrey. Her partner, Dane Messam, 52, has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to 23 years minimum.
  109. 26 August 2021: Jade Ward, 27, was stabbed and strangled at her home, in North Wales. Her ex-husband, whom she had recently separated from, Russell Marsh, 29, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 25 years.
  110. 27 August 2021: Maddie Durdant-Hollamby, 22, was stabbed to death in Kettering, Northamptonshire by her partner Ben Green, 41, at his home. He then also killed himself. Whilst police were quick to state there was no evidence of a history of domestic abuse, friends have described Green as a misogynist who had sexual relationships with multiple women at the same time and seemed controlling.  
  111. 2 September 2021: Fawziyah Javed, 31, who was pregnant was pushed to her death from Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. Her husband Kashif Anwar, 27, has been convicted of murder. He had been violent and controlling in their relationship. He was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years.
  112. 11 September 2021: Ingrid Matthew, 54, was stabbed to death by her son at their home in Leicester. Her son Aaron Matthew, 18, pleaded guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He received a sentence of 6 years and 226 days minimum.
  113. 17 September 2021: An as yet unnamed woman was found dead in a house in Welwyn Garden City after the suicide of a man (also not named), her partner, in the town centre. Police are treating her death as murder. 
  114. 17 September 2021: Sabina Nessa, 28, was killed in Cator Park, Kidbrooke, south-east London, with a blunt instrument and strangling. The stranger Koci Selamaj, 36, was convicted of murder and given 36 years.
  115. 19 September 2021: Terri Harris, 35, was killed with a claw hammer, and found dead with her children John Paul Bennett, 13 and Lacey Bennett, 11 and a friend Connie Gent, 11. She was pregnant at the time. Her partner, Damien Bendall, 31, has been convicted of their murders as well as the rape of the 11-year-old girl, Connie Gent. He was sentenced to a whole life term.
  116. 19 September 2021: Sukhjeet Uppal, 40, was stabbed to death by her husband at their home in Wolverhampton. Jai Singh, 50, was charged with her murder and he died on remand. 
  117. 2 October 2021: Jekouki Jaboa, 31, who lived in Telford, was stabbed to death in Albania. Her boyfriend, Kliton Pira, 26, is thought to have killed her before killing himself. 
  118. 9 October 2021: Nicole Hurley, 37, was stabbed to death in a flat in North London. Her partner, Jason Bell, who was 40 at the time, was convicted of her murder, false imprisonment of a friend whom he accused Nicole of having an affair with and dangerous driving.
  119. 10 October 2021: Bonnie Harwood, 47, was stabbed to death at her home in Alton, Hampshire, by a social acquaintance. Matthew Reynolds, 31, has been convicted of manslaughter and given a minimum of 14 years.  
  120. 12 October 2021: Katrina (Trina) Rainey, 53, died with 95% burns after being trapped alive in a burning car, in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. She was preparing to go to work when her husband, Thomas Rainey, 59, opened her car door, threw petrol over her & set her on fire. Trina was taking steps to separate from Rainey when he killed her. He was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years for murder.
  121. 18 October 2021: Marta Chmielecka, 31, was stabbed 32 times at a house in in Kettering.  Her estranged husband Pawel Chmielecki, 38, was sentenced to 18 years and four months for murder.
  122. 28 October 2021: Ruth Dent, 79, was found dead with knife injuries in Desford, Leicestershire. Her 69-year-old husband, Ian Dent, was also found dead. Police are not looking for anyone else. 
  123. 28 October 2021: Josephine Smith, 88, died due to smoke inhalation following a fire at her home on East London, after a firework was posted through her door. Strangers, Kai Cooper, 18 has been convicted of manslaughter and arson. He was given 6 years and 6 months.
  124. 31 October 2021: Dawn Walker, 52, was strangled by her husband at their home near Halifax, West Yorkshire. Her husband Thomas Nutt, 45, has been convicted of murder and given a minimum of 21 years.
  125. 5 November 2021: Yvonne Barr, 47, was beaten badly by her partner she had tried to separate from. She suffered domestic abuse from him throughout their relationship. Kenneth Melville, 58, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to 17 years minimum.
  126. 7 November 2021: Sarah Ashwell, 47, was strangled and stabbed by her ex-partner, at home in Wells, Somerset. Antanas Jankauskas, 38, had been violent and abusive towards her a number of times. He pleaded guilty of murder and given a minimum sentence of 15 years.
  127. 8 November 2021: Tamby Dowling, 36, was fatally stabbed at her home, in Oldham, Lancashire. Her spouse, Abid Mahmood, 34, was found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and guilty of wounding with intent. He received a minimum of 10 years.  
  128. 9 November 2021: Pauline Quinn, 73, was beaten to death at her home Nottinghamshire by her neighbour, Lawrence Bierton, 61. Bierton, who was on license for the murder of two sisters in the 1990s at the time of the attack, was convicted of Pauline’s murder. He has been given a whole life term sentence.
  129. 9 November 2021: Ilona Golabek, 27, was bludgeoned to death by her partner she had been trying to separate from, at their home in Boston, Lincolnshire. Kamil Ranoszek, 40, has been convicted of murder and given a minimum of 22 years.
  130. 20 November 2021: Tricia Livesey, 57, and her partner Antony Tipping, 60, were stabbed to death by their adult son, at their house in Preston, Lancashire. Lee Tipping, 35, was convicted of double murder and given 27 years.
  131. 14 November 2021: Alexandra Morgan, 34, was exploited by prostitution and knew her perpetrator in that capacity. She was killed by Mark Brown, 40, at his place of work, and her body was found in an oil drum in a building site. He was found guilty of double murder (due to the killing of Leah Ware in May 2021) and given a minimum of 49 years for both murders, but they run concurrently.
  132. 20 November 2021: Bobbi-Anne McLeod, 18, was reported missing after failing to arrive to meet friends in Plymouth. A stranger Cody Ackland, 24, snatched her off the street and beat her repeatedly in his car, before then dumping her body in the woodlands. He pleaded guilty of murder and given a minimum of 30.5 years.
  1. 21 November 2021: Bori Benko, 24, was stabbed to death in her flat in Bradford. There was indication of some sexual abuse. Her acquaintance, Zbigniew Soj, 23, has been convicted of her murder and attempted murder due to stabbing another woman. He received a minimum of 31 years.
  2. 21 November: Jennifer Chapple, 33, and her husband Stephen, were stabbed to death in their home in Somerset. Their next-door neighbour, Collin Reeves, 34, has been convicted of double murder and given a minimum of 38 years.
  3. 21 November 2021: June Fox-Roberts, 65, was beaten to death in her home in South Wales. The stranger, Luke Deeley, 25, was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and given an indefinite hospital order.
  4. 25 November 2021: Malak Adabzadeh, 47, was killed via blunt instrument, but her husband, at their house in Stoneycroft, Liverpool. Her husband, Mohammad Ureza Azizi, 57, has been charged with her murder. The cause of her death has been confirmed as head trauma.
  5. 26 November 2021: Amber Gibson,16, was sexually assaulted, strangled and beaten in woodlands in Hamilton by her brother Connor Gibson, 19. Amber’s body was found later by Stephen Corrigan, 45. Instead of reporting to the police he sexually abused & concealed her remains. Her body was found on 28 November 2021. Her killer, Connor Gibson, was convicted of murder and sexual assault and given a minimum of 22 years.
  6. 28 November 2021: Claire Inglis, 28, was beaten and strangled to death by her boyfriend of a few weeks, Christopher McGowen, 26. As she lay dying on the floor of her home in Stirling, he burnt her face with a lighter and stuffed a baby wipe down her throat. McGowen, who was subject to five bail orders at the time of Claire’s death, was convicted of murder. He was given a life sentence with a minimum of 23 years.  
  7. 28 November 2021: Fernanda Assis, 31 and her 61-year-old father were stabbed to death in Wood Green, North London by Fernanda’s partner, Achilleas Costa, 52. He was convicted of double manslaughter and detained indefinitely.
  1. 17 December 2021: Lily Sullivan, 17, did not return home after a night out with friends. Her body was found dumped in Pembroke the next day. Lewis Haines, 31, was convicted of murder which the judge found was sexually motivated. He was sentenced to a minimum of 23 years.
  2. 18 December 2021: Caoimhe Morgan, 30, was found dead and with serious injuries her home in Belfast. Her partner was, Taylor Mcllvenna was charged with murder and two counts of child cruelty. In January 2024, Taylor McIlvenna, 32, pleaded guilty to murder. The sentence is not known at time of writing.
  3. 18 December 2021: Julia Howse, 61, was stabbed to death by her son at home in Hertfordshire. Ashley Howse, who was 35 at the time of the killing, was convicted of manslaughter with diminished responsibility and the attempted murder of his father. He was detained under the Mental Health Act.
  4. 21 December 2021: Beverley Taylor, 66, and her husband John, were  in stabbed to death at their home in Skipton, N. Yorkshire. Their son, David Michael Taylor, 35, pleaded guilty to double manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and he was given an indefinite hospital order.
  5. 26 December 2021: Mary Fell, 73, and her husband Denis, were found dead in their home in Livingstone, Scotland. Their grandson, Tobyn Salvatore also known as Jay Fell, 19, has been charged in relation to their deaths.
  6. 26 December 2021: Kirsty Ashley, 29, originally from Scunthorpe, was found dead in a house in Newham, East London. The cause of her death has been given as blunt force trauma. Yahya Aboukar, 26, said to be known to Kirsty, has been charged with her murder.
  7. 25 December 2021: Lucy Clews, 39, was strangled and stabbed to death at her home in Staffordshire by Thomas Grant, 26. Lucy had met Grant, who was homeless, on Christmas Eve and offered him a place to stay over the holiday. Grant stole her jewellery and sold it in order to buy drugs. He was sentenced to 26 years for murder.

Also remembering

Brenda Venables: 16 June 2021 39 years after 48-year-old Brenda Venables ‘disappeared’, he husband of that time, David Venables, now aged 88, was charged with her murder. In July 2019, her remains were found in a sceptic tank at the home they had shared in Worcestershire.

Arlene Arkinson, 15; Arlene ‘disappeared’ in N. Ireland in 1994, in July 2021 an inquest found that  she was murdered by convicted child killer and rapist Robert Howard. Robertson, 66, formerly of

Shani Warren, 26, was found dead, gagged and bound in Taplow Lake Buckinghamshire, in April 1987. In November 2021, Donald Slough, Berkshire, was charged with her murder and also the kidnap and rape of a 16-year-old girl in 1981.

Last updated 13 February 2024

1,000 dead women

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In memory of Kirsty Treloar

New Year’s Day 2019 and before dawn on the first morning of the New Year a woman in her early thirties, whose name has not yet been made public, was stabbed to death in Camberwell, South London. She will be the 1,000th woman killed by a man whose name I will record on my website Counting Dead Women.

7 years ago today, 20 year-old Kirsty Treloar received a text from Miles Williams, the 19 year-old father of her not-yet 4-week old baby. The text read

“Okay wer all gud now and my new yrs ressy is that i aint going to hit u again and i won’t hit u 4 this yr next yr the yr after that the next yr after that.”

And went on to say “But I wont u to swear on (their daughter’s) life u wont p.ss me off and do things to make me angry love you 4 eva.’

Kirsty was terrified of Miles and had been trying to extricate herself from their relationship; she told him that she didn’t want to see him. She’d spent Christmas at her family home in Hackney. The next day, Kirsty paid the price of lack of compliance.  Williams broke in to the house and dragged her in to a car, stabbing and wounding her sister and brother who were trying to protect her. She was later found dead, dumped beside bins some two miles away. She had been stabbed 29 times.

A few weeks before, Kirsty had been referred to nia, the charity where I work, which supports women and girls subjected to men’s violence. I was told of Kirsty’s death and looked on the internet to see if I could find out what had happened. But Kirsty wasn’t the only woman killed by a man at the start of the year, there were multiple reports of fatalities of women and so I made a note of their names because I wanted to know how many there were. It turned out that in the first three days of 2012, eight women in the UK had been killed by men : three shot, one stabbed, one strangled with a dog lead, strangled, one – a 77 year-old woman – beaten to death with her own walking stick, and an 87 year old woman battered to death with blunt force trauma by her own grandson.

Seven years and 1000 women later, I haven’t stopped recording the names of women killed by men. In reality, the number is even higher, every year there are a number of unsolved cases where women have been killed and statistically almost all of them will have been committed by men. There are cases where men appear to have played a direct role in the death of a woman but they manage to evade prosecution. I suspect there are women whose disappearance has gone unreported, or whose absence has gone unacknowledged and whose body will never be found.   There are women who die of secondary causes related to long histories of abuse by men and there are women who kill themselves because that is the only route they can see to end the pain of violence and abuse.

I continued because I cannot bring myself to say that the next woman killed isn’t important. I continue because a focus on intimate partner homicides at the exclusion of other killings disguises and diminishes the true rate of men’s fatal violence against women. I continue because the killing of women by their current and former partners is so normalised that it is not recognised as a national emergency. I continue because the need for  and benefits of specialist single-sex services for women victim-survivors of men’s violence are still subjected to challenge and given insufficient regard. I continue because I want someone to bear witness and commemorate our sisters. I continue because the slaying of women by men, although it has happened at least 1,000 times in seven years, continues to be described by the police and reported in the media as an ‘isolated incident.’ I continue because I believe the more we look, the more we can learn and the more effectively we can take steps to reduce men’s violence against women. I continue because I believe a different world is possible, but it is only by consciously committing to making changes that look at the multitude of factors that support and enable men’s violence against women, that will give us a hope in hell of getting there.

We need to stop the hierarchy of dead women

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2 British women and a third who had lived in London for 20 years went missing abroad within 6 days. All  three were found dead within 6 days.

130 Karen Cleary-BrownThis is Karen Cleary-Brown. She was 44 years old and had lived in Islington, N, London for 20 years. She had been missing in Jamaica since 25 November.  She was found dead on 3rd December.  A man who was working on her property has been charged with her murder.

 

130 barbara FindleyThis is Barbara Findley. She was 58 and from Kennington, S. London but had lived in Jamaica for the last 5 years. She was reported missing on 29 November. She was found dead on 5 December.

 

 

130 Grace Millane

This is Grace Millane. She was 22 and from Essex.  She went missing on 1st December whilst travelling in New Zealand. She was found dead on 9 December.  A 26-year-old male, who has been granted name suppression whilst awaiting trial, has appeared in court  in relation to her death.

 

 

How many of those names did you know? How many of their photos had you seen?

The killing of Grace Millane is an atrocity, but no more so than the killings of Karen Clearly-Brown and Barbara Findley, no more so than the (at least) 127 other UK women suspected to have been killed by men (or where a man or men are the principal suspects) so far this year.

Karen Cleary-Brown, Barbara Findley and Grace Millane – 3 missing women, 3 women found dead.

The killings of women who are not young, not white, not killed on holiday, not killed by a stranger should  be no less shocking or upsetting. They are not less worthy of media or public attention or mourning. We need to stop the hierarchy of dead women.

2018

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127 women

2018

176 women killed by men, or where a man or men have been linked to the suspicious death of a woman.

  1. 3 January 2018: Elisabeta Lacatusu, 44, was killed by 19 knife injuries to her chest and neck inflicted by her former partner, Genu Armeanu, 45, whom she had left the previous month. Armeanu, of East London, was convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 28 years.
  2. 5 January 2018: Tamara Sinakova, 61, was strangled to death by her partner, Rojs Avaliani, 37, at their home in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. Avaliani was found guilty of murder. He was sentenced to life and ordered to serve a minimum of 16.5 years imprisonment.
  3. 5 January 2018: Terrie-Anne Jones, 33, was stabbed 26 times by her partner John Lewis, 56, at her home in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales. Her injuries included an 8cm deep stab wound to her heart, 13 to her neck, three to her collarbone, and two to her chest, with defence wounds to both hands. Lewis was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 19 years for her murder.
  4. 8 January 2018: Claire Tavener, 27, was stabbed 10 times with a lock-knife – including two to the neck and two to the chest by her husband Andrew Tavener, 45. A Domestic Homicide Review found that Andrew Tavener had a history of violence and abuse against Claire, and other women. Tavener was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to serve at least 16 years and eight months.
  5. 9 January 2018: Julie Clark, 59, was found dead at her home in Hereford. She had died of stab wounds, inflicted by her son, Jason Nellist, 41. Nellist was given an indefinite hospital order after being found unfit to plea because of mental illness.
  6. 10 January 2018: Geraldine Mellor, also known is Geri, 32, was strangled to death by her boyfriend of six months, Darrell Rose, 36, after she tried to separate from him. Darrell Rose strangled Geri in her own home, in Devon. His claims of self-defence were dismissed by the judge as ‘unbelievable’. Rose was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison for murder.
  7. 12 January 2018: Amelia Blake, 22, was killed whist travelling in Australia by her boyfriend, Brazil Gurung, 33, who also killed himself. Amelia was strangled and suffered blunt force trauma to her face and head. An inquest into her death ruled that the manner of death was ‘homicide during an episode of interpersonal violence’.
  8. 13 January 2018: Cassie Hayes, 28, was killed by Andrew Burke, 30, the ex-partner of her girlfriend. Cassie Hayes was attacked by Burke at her workplace; a travel agency in Southport town centre. As Cassie was assisting a family, Burke slit her throat. He was sentenced to 26 years for murder and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
  9. 15 January 2017: Natalie Hastings, 41, was run down in Queensway, Hemel Hempstead by Simon Whittle, 49. Reportedly they had been friends for 20 years and more recently, Whittle had started lodging with Natalie. Witnesses heard him shouting ‘you’re dead’ just before he run her over. Whittle is serving a minimum of 20 years in prison for her murder.
  10. 24 January 2017: Claire Harris, 44, was killed by her ex- partner Rickardo Wilson, 50, whom she had allowed to stay in the flat she rented whilst he looked for a new home. She had suffered 86 injuries – half of them to her head and face. Wilson was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years. Wilson had been violent and abusive towards Claire throughout their relationship.
  11. 26 January 2018: Cheryl Gabriel-Hooper, 51, was shot dead by her husband, Andrew Hooper, 45, as she sat in her car outside her home in Newport, Shropshire. She had recently separated from Hooper. At sentencing, the judge described the shooting, which took place in front of Cheryl’s 14-year-old daughter, as a ‘planned execution’. Andrew Hooper was sentenced to 31 years in prison for murder.
  12. 29 January 2018: Janet Scott, 51, was stabbed by her ex-boyfriend Simon Mellors, 56. She survived the attack but he ran her over and killed her as she tried to flee. Mellors had killed a former partner, Pearl Black in 1999, and killed Janet whilst on licence. Before the killing, Mellors had made threats to kill Janet, and her husband, Chris Scott. He committed suicide whilst on remand for Janet’s murder.
  13. 29 January 2018: Agnieszka Swierczynska-Jaros, 37, died of multiple organ failure in a house fire in Trowbridge that had been started deliberately. Three men were arrested on suspicion of arson with the intent to cause harm but were released due to lack of evidence. In her inquest the coroner said that he believed witnesses had been untruthful and was convinced that the fire was a deliberate act because there were two start points and traces of fuel throughout the house.
  14. 29 January 2018: Paula Harris, 44, was strangled to death by her partner Michael Foster, 39 at their home, in Mansfield, Nottingham. A review into the killing found that Foster had been violent and abusive towards women, and that he had strangled another woman with whom he had had an intimate relationship. He was sentenced to at least 16 years in prison for Paula’s murder.
  15. 29 January 2018: Kate Jaworski Green, 33, suffered significant injuries when Jordan Howlett, 24, deliberately drove his car headlong collision along a country road in Wakefield on 27th January 2018. Howlett claimed he was trying to kill himself. Charged with murder, the court later accepted a plea of guilty to manslaughter. He was sentenced to 10 and a half years, half of which must be served in custody.
  16. 6 February 2018: Ruksana Begum, 47, was stabbed by her son-in-law, Muhammed Tafham, 30 at her home in Rochdale. Ruksana had been assisting her daughter, who had been subjected to a long history of domestic violence by Tafham, to end their arranged marriage. At trial, Tafham claimed that Ruksana had stabbed herself. She had suffered three major stab wounds to the front of her body and one of them passed right through her heart. The jury rejected Tafham’s claims and found him guilty of murder.
  17. 10 February 2018: Samantha Archer, 43, was injected with heroin by her boyfriend Andrew Williams, at her home in Hartlepool. He has been found guilty of manslaughter. Williams claims that she consented but also told officers he had pushed Ms Archer onto a settee “to calm her down” and that he had given her more than usual.
  18. 13 February 2018: Saeeda Hussain, 54, was killed by her husband, Muhammed Javed, 58, at their home in Ilford, East London. After subjecting Saeeda to years of coercive and abusive behaviour, Javid attacked Saeeda with a machete and a hammer. He was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years for murder.
  19. 13 February 2018: Danielle Richardson, 24, was stabbed 15 times in her face, neck and back by her boyfriend Michael Marler, 37. Danielle’s body was found in a flat, in Manchester, after Marler jumped out of the window. He is serving 21 years for murder.
  20. 16 February 2018: Sarbjit Kaur, 38, was found dead at home in Wolverhampton after what was set up to look like a botched robbery. She had been asphyxiated. Her husband Gurpreet Singh, 42, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 19 years.
  21. 17 February 2018: Jill Sadler, 58, was smothered as she slept by her husband David Sadler, 61. He inflicted 50 injuries to her face, neck and abdomen during the attack. David Sadler, of Liverpool, was sentenced to seven years for manslaughter.
  22. 18 February 2018: Heather Jordan, 34, was strangled by Martin Corns, 52. Corns was a colleague who had been harassing and stalking Heather for some time. She had told him that she did not want a relationship with him. Corns killed Heather when she was walking to her place of work in Priorswood, Taunton.
  23. 21 February 2018: Lynn McNally, 46, died of multiple stab wounds inflicted by her partner Paul Beddoes, 44, at their home in Telford. She had been stabbed 17 times with two knives. Beddoes is serving 14 years and 190 days for murder.
  24. 22 February 2018: Charlotte Teeling, 33, was last seen alive and was reported missing four days later. She was found dead on 2 March in a flat in Birmingham. She had been strangled by Richard Bailey, 40, who had 171 prior convictions, including a string of violent offences against women.
  25. 25 February 2018: Mary Ragoobeer, 46, her two sons and two other women were killed in an explosion in a shop below the Ragoobeer’s flat in Leicester. Arkan Ali, 37, Hawkar Hassan, 32, and Aram Kurd, 33, have been found guilty of murdering five people.
  26. 25 February 2018: Leah Reek, 18, and four others were killed in an explosion which destroyed a shop and the flat above it. Arkan Ali, 37, Hawkar Hassan, 32, and Aram Kurd, 33, have been found guilty of murdering five people.
  27. 25 February 2018: Viktoria Ljevleva, 22, and four others were killed in an explosion which destroyed a shop and the flat above it. Arkan Ali, 37, Hawkar Hassan, 32, and Aram Kurd, 33, have been found guilty of murdering five people.
  28. 27 February 2018: Denise also know as Crystal Gossett, 45, and her daughter Diane, 19 (below), son Edward, 16 and Diane’s young granddaughter, were killed in house fire in Co Fermanagh. Daniel Allen, 27, has been charged with four counts of murder and one count of arson with intent to cause danger to life. As of December 2021, Allen is still awaiting trial.
  29. 27 February 2018: Sabrina also known as Elektra Gossett, 19, her daughter, mother (above) and brother, were killed in a house fire. Daniel Allen, 27, has been charged with four counts of murder and one count of arson with intent to cause danger to life. As of December 2021, Allen is still awaiting trial.
  30. 27 February 2018: Laura Huteson, 21, was stabbed in the throat by Jason Gaskell, 23, at his home in Hull. Previous partners of Gaskell said that he had a history of violent sadomasochist sex. He was sentenced to six years for manslaughter by gross negligence.
  31. 28 February 2018: Anne James, 74, was stabbed more than 30 times in her head and back by her grandson, Gregory Irvin, 26, who also slit her throat in the attack. Anne was attacked in her home in Bilston, West Midlands. Irvin, who had a history of violence and abuse against women, is serving 24 years for murder.
  32. February 2018: Julie Reilly, 47, was last seen alive on 6 February 2018. Her disappearance became a murder investigation as parts of her body were found close to her Glasgow home, in April. Andrew Wallace, 41, who had stabbed Caroline Parker, 51, to death in 1992, was found guilty of Julie’s murder. He is yet to reveal the location of Julie Reilly’s remains.
  33. 5 March 2018: Laura Cecilia Navarette De Figueria, 47, was found stabbed to death at her home in Twickenham shortly after the bodies of her husband Adelino Figueira de Farida, 57, and their two sons aged 7 and 10, were found at the bottom of cliffs. An inquest found that Adelino Figueira de Farida had unlawfully killed Laura, their sons and then himself.
  34. 5 March 2018: Angela Rider, 51, was strangled to death by her ex-husband, Adrian Rodi, 49, at her home in Cawood, North Yorkshire. A review into the killing revealed that Rodi had subjected Angela to violence and abuse throughout their relationship and that he had strangled her on multiple occasions.
  35. 6 March 2018: Fiona Scourfield, 54, was killed by her 17-year-old stepson Reuben Braithwaite at their home in Wales. Braithwaite battered her over the head with an axe and slit her throat with a Samuri sword before attempting to upload photos of her deceased body to the internet. The court heard that Braithwaite had considered attacking his father but thought that he would be “too powerful” and would fight back.
  36. 15 March 2018: Hope Barden, 20, died of asphyxiation during a sex-act on the internet paid for by Jerome Danger, 45. Danger was a regular online sex forum user preoccupied with strangulation, stabbing, torture and death. He was due to be questioned in relation to Hope’s death whilst serving a 14-month prison sentence for possession of pornography consisting of “the worst images it is possible to image” when he was found dead.
  37. 17 March 2018: Jennifer Rogers, 56, was stabbed to death by her terminally ill husband, Peter Rogers, 61, at a holiday let in Cornwall. It was claimed that the couple had agreed to end their lives. Peter Rogers was sentenced to two and half years in prison.
  38. 16 March 2018: Michelle Savage, 32, and her mum Heather Whitbread, 53, were shot dead by Michelle’s ex-husband Paul Savage,35, at their home in East Sussex. Paul Savage was violent, controlling and abusive towards Michelle throughout their nine-year relationship. Michelle had told friends that she believed he wanted to kill her.
  39. 16 March 2018: Heather Whitbread, 53, and her daughter Michelle Savage, 32, were shot dead by Michelle’s ex-husband Paul Savage, 35. Savage is serving 38 years for double murder.
  40. 21 March 2018: Diane Jones, 62, was hit at least eight times with a claw hammer by her son Wayne Beer, 42, at their home in Castleford, West Yorkshire. Her skull was fractured in several places.
  41. 30 March 2018: Jenny Cronin, 72, was doused in petrol and set alight by her ex-son-in-law Kieren Lynch, at her home in Essex. Lynch killed himself in the attack. Jenny’s daughter had made a number of calls to police regarding Lynch’s harassment, stalking and threats to kill. An inquest found that Jenny was unlawfully killed by Cronin.
  42. 30 March 2018: Leyla Mtumwa, 36, was strangled then stabbed at least 49 times in her head, neck, body and arms by her husband Kema Salum, 38, in front of her 12-year-old son at their north London home. Salum had been extremely violent to a previous partner. Sentencing Salum to 23 years for murder, the judge described him as an ‘arrogant, controlling bully’.
  43. 31 March 2018: Ourania Lambrou, 80, died after being pushed to the ground by Harry Goodwin-Sim, 29, at a bus stop in Camden, north London. She hit her head and died of a brain haemorrhage, which was caused by the assault. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
  44. 2 April 2018: Tanesha Melbourne, 17, died in her mother’s arms after having been shot in a drive-by shooting. No one has been charged in connection with her death.
  45. 6 April 2018: Tracy Stonehouse, 51, was battered repeatedly around the head, strangled and then stabbed six times by her husband Arthur Stonehouse, 73, at his home in Solihull. According to reports, he has been telling people he “would kill her”.
  46. 7 April 2018: Lesley Potter, 66, was beaten and strangled by her husband Derek Potter, 63, in their home in South Wales. He attempted to make her death look like suicide by hanging but later confessed to a colleague that he had killed her.
  47. 10 April 2018: Alexis Flynn, 42, died after having been stabbed to death, by her ex-partner, David Payne, 51, at her home in Ayrshire. He was also charged with punching her on the face and body, putting his hands round her neck and compressing in February this year. At the time of her death, Payne was banned by a court from approaching her.
  48. 12 April 2018: Viktorija Sokolova, 14, was raped and killed through blunt force trauma to her head in a park in Wolverhampton by Ayman Aziz, 16. She was found dead on a park bench a day after being reported missing. Aziz was convicted of rape and murder.
  49. 12 April 2018: Margaret Howlett, 63, was stabbed to death by her husband, David Pawluk, 59, at their home in Rochdale. Pawluk stabbed her repeatedly in the face and neck. Margaret confided in friends that Pawluk was controlling and had a gambling problem.
  50. 13 April 2018: Maryna Zhytnyk-Kavaliauske, 35, was strangled to death with a ligature at her home in Worthing. An inquest found that Alex Chernoff, 43, was ‘obsessed’ with Maryna and was increasingly abusive towards her. The coroner ruled that Chernoff had unlawfully killed Maryna and that he killed himself at the scene.
  51. 14 April 2018: Angela Craddock, 40, was beaten to death in her home in Warrington, by her ex-partner, William Smart, 54, who had just been released from prison for a previous assault he inflicted in her. She had over 100 injuries and was so badly injured she had to be identified by her fingerprints
  52. 15 April 2018: Natasha Hill, 18, died of a head injury. Her partner, Scott Clifford, 33, inflicted more than 100 injuries at her home in Chesire after kicking, punching, biting and stamping on her. He also attacked her with a guitar and stabbed her with a broken drum stick. Clifford was found guilty of her murder and a further two counts of actual bodily harm and one of common assault relating to incidents prior. He will serve 17 years and 165 days in prison.
  53. 15 April 2018: Samantha Clarke, 38, was stabbed to death her nephew Jordan Clarke, 21, at the family home in Brixton, London. Jordan Clarke was found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility. He was detained in a secure hospital.
  54. 18 April 2018: Jennifer Morgan, 33, was stabbed to death. Her body was found in the garden of her home in Kirkintilloch, Her partner, Hugh Baird, 39, was charged with her murder and was due to stand trial a week before he was found dead in his cell with an apology to Jennifer’s family written on the wall. An inquiry ruled he had killed himself.
  55. 19 April 2018: Cecilia Seddon’s body was found concealed in a mattress in a property in Penzance, she had last been seen on 13 April. Clayton Hawkes, 52, with whom she was in a casual relationship, and Blaze Fisher, 25, were charged with perverting the course of justice. Hawkes was also charged with injecting her with a noxious substance (heroin and cocaine).  Her body was so badly decomposed when it was found that it was impossible to identify the cause of her death. She was 32.
  56. 20 April 2018: Julie Hunt, 47, was beaten to death by Florin Ion, 31, on her way to work at Lakeside Shopping Centre, in Essex. Witnesses said that Ion kicked Julie Hunt to death ‘like he was taking a free kick’ and was repeatedly shouting words like ‘hate’ and ‘why did you leave me’. There was no relationship between Julie Hunt and Florin Ion. He was sentenced to life for murder.
  57. 21 April 2018: Betty Lyons, 85, was strangled by her husband George Lyons, 88, at their home in Rochester. He then killed himself. Betty’s death was recorded as unlawful killing.
  58. 22 April 2018: Hollie Kerrell, 28, was reported missing and later found dead, buried in a shallow grave. Her husband of 5 years from who she had recently separated, Christopher Kerrell, 35, used a hammer to batter the right side of her head before strangling her at her home in Dyfed, Wales.
  59. 26 April 2018: Elizabeth Lacey, 63, was stabbed to death. Her son, Christopher Lacey, 21, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility, has been detained under the Mental Health Act in relation to her death. Edwina Holden, a carer for Elizabeth’s 94-year-old mother was also stabbed 12 times and survived the attack.
  60. 26 April 2018: Joleen Corr was beaten and thrown down the stairs at her home in Northern Ireland, by her boyfriend Michael O’Connor, 23, in December 2016. She was left brain damaged and in severe pain, requiring 24-hour care. She died, aged 27, after a landmark court ruling that she should no longer be kept alive. O’Connor is serving a life sentence for murder.
  61. 27 April 2018: Fiona Fisher, 51, was stabbed by her son Thomas Fisher, 22, at her home in East Sussex. Thomas Fisher admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
  62. 28 April 2018: Faye Caliman, 30, was stabbed 12 times by her husband Marian Caliman, 32, in her face, neck, stomach, heart and back at her home in Nottinghamshire. He filmed himself slapping and shouting abuse at her before he killed her.
  63. 30 April 2018: Nicola Roberts, 44, was bludgeoned unconscious by her ex-husband Neil Barass, 45, before he stabbed her to death and then killed himself at his home in Leicestershire. An inquest found that Nicola was unlawfully killed by Barrass.
  64. 2018: Mihrican Mustafa, 38, was found dead in East London on 26 April 2019, she had been reported missing by her family in May 2018. Her body was found alongside the body of Henriett Szus, believed to have been killed in 2016, in a freezer in Canning Town, East London. Mihrican had been beaten and strangled. Zahid Younis, 35, is serving 38 years for double murder.
  65. 13 May 2018: Onees Khatoon, 71, was strangled by her son, Majid Butt, 51, in her home in West London. Butt received a life sentence for murder.
  66. 13 May 2020: Sarah Clayton, 21, was found dead in a tent on a campsite in East Sussex. She had been strangled to death. Her fiancé Christopher Cole, 30, whom she had been seeing since February and who had a history of violence and abuse against women, was found guilty of murder.
  67. 14 May 2018: Jessica Patel, 34, was injected with insulin and strangled with a carrier bag by her husband, Mitesh Patel, 37, at their home in Middlesbrough. A review into the killing found that Mitesh Patel was controlling and abusive to Jessica throughout their marriage. He had planned to claim a two million pounds life insurance pay-out after the murder.
  68. 15 May 2018: Rosina Coleman, 85, was killed in her own home in Romford, Essex by blunt force trauma to her head and neck inflicted with a hammer by ‘handyman’ Paul Prause, 65, whom she had paid previously to complete odd jobs. Prause had racked up significant debt through gambling and stole jewellery worth £7000 from Rosina. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
  69. 18 May 2018: Bernadette Green, 88, was found dead. Her death was not initially thought to be suspicious, but after post mortem tests, her son John Green, 65, was charged and later convicted of her murder. John Green smothered Bernadette to death at their home in Lancashire. Her body also indicated signs of ‘severe neglect’.
  70. 20 May 2018: Sophie Cavanagh, 31, was found dead. Her estranged husband, Martin Cavanagh, 35, strangled Sophie at his flat in Bromley, south-east London. At trial, he was described as a ‘jealous and controlling man’. He was sentences to a minimum term of 16 years for Sophie’s murder.
  71. 20 May 2018: Angela Conoby, 54, stabbed to death by her partner of more than 30 years, Peter Stagis, 60, at their home in Leeds. He was sentenced to 14 years for murder.
  72. 25 May 2018: Christina Abbotts, 29, was found bludgeoned to death in her bed after failing to turn up at celebrations planned for her birthday. Zahid Naseem, 47, has been found guilty of her murder.
  73. 28 May 2018: Laura Mortimer, 31, and her 11-year-old daughter Ella Dalby, were stabbed to death by Christopher Boon, an ex-partner of Laura, at their home in Gloucestershire. Police said Boon had a history of violence and in 2010 he was handed a suspended sentence for attacking a former partner and her mother. He was sentenced to 29 years for double murder.
  74. 29 May 2018: Denise Rosser, 38, was found dead at home where she had been beaten to death, suffering catastrophic injuries. She had recently told friends that she was frightened to go home. Her partner, Simon Winston, 49, was convicted of her murder. Denise was repeatedly assessed as at ‘high risk’ of violence and abuse from Winston in the years preceding her death.
  75. 29 May 2018: Joanne Bishop, 39, died in hospital four days after her partner Shane Clarke, 52, stabbed her 29 times with a screwdriver, at their home in Milton Keynes. Clarke was jailed for a minimum term of 20 years for her murder.
  76. 31 May 2018: Jill Hibberd, 71, was stabbed 70 times at her home in Barnsley, during a burglary. Lee Fueleop, 40, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years.
  77. In May 2018, Mary Gregory, 94, died in hospital due to smoke inhalation after a fire at her home in Lancashire. In November 2021, her son’s stepson, Tiernan Danton, 21, was found guilty of her murder. He disabled the fire alarm, impeded her exit and started the fire.
  78. 1 June 2018: Andra Hilitanu, 28, suffered 80 sharp and blunt injuries, including a fatal neck wound, at her home in Neasden, north-west London. Her unborn child also died in the attack. Her boyfriend, Ioan Campeanu, 43, was convicted of murder and child destruction.
  79. 6 June 2018: Zofija Kaczan, 100, died in hospital after having her neck and cheek broken in a robbery at her home in Derby. Arthur Waszkiewicz, 39, was convicted of manslaughter and robbery.
  80. 8 June 2018: Tina Cantello, 49, was reported missing after she failed to turn up for work. She was found dead the next day with multiple stab wounds. Geoffrey Hutton, 38, had killed Tina, who was working as a debt collector, when she arrived at his home in Basildon, Essex, to collect a payment. Hutton was convicted of her murder.
  81. 9 June 2018: Marie Gibson, 35, was found dead at her home in Louth, Lincolnshire. Her boyfriend of two months, Shane Murphy, 27, beat her to death with a baseball bat and stabbed her in the throat with broken glass. He was sentenced to 20 years for her murder.
  82. 12 June 2018: Tracy Patsalides, 40, was found dead with head and neck injuries in a seafront shelter in Eastbourne. Wayne Marshall, 38, was convicted of her murder and sentenced to 14 years.
  83. 23 June 2018: Gita Suri, 56, was stabbed to death by another resident, Gary Davis, 50, at the supported housing they shared in Greenwich, London. Davis was found guilty of murder.
  84. 30 June 2018: Klarissa-Charlene Faith, 26, was found dead by police who had been called to her home in Harworth, Nottinghamshire. She had been strangled to death. Her partner, Stuart Hall, 47, was convicted of her murder.
  85. July 2018: Anne Reid, 81, died after care-work Calum Knox syringed ‘liquid’ in to her mouth. Knox had been charged with attempted murder and neglect in relation to her death and Susan Reid below. The murder charge was later deleted, Knox was convicted of assault and was given a community service order. Knox was also found to have attacked another woman, Agnes Ferguson, 81, poking and prodding her ribs causing her to scream in pain.
  86. July 2018: Susan Reid, 73, died after care-work Calum Knox syringed ‘liquid’ in to her mouth. Knox had been charged with attempted murder and neglect in relation to her death and Anne Reid above. The murder charges were found ‘not proven’.
  87. 1 July 2018: Shuren Ma, 72, was found with a critical head injury and died at the scene by police who had been called to a disturbance. Her partner, Zhizhang Shan, 74, attacked Shuren in their home in Woolwich, by striking her repeatedly over the head with a rolling pin and by stabbing her repeatedly in the chest and abdomen. Shan pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
  88. 4 July 2018: Judy Constant, 62, was found at a property in Marlborough Road, Islington. A post-mortem found she had suffered blunt force trauma. Her son, Darren Constant, 37, was arrested in July 2018 and released under investigation. In March 2021 he was charged with murder. He was remanded in custody and awaits trial.
  89. 6 July 2018: Samantha Toms, 47, was found dead at home in East Sussex. She had been smothered. Her partner Ralph Fairman, 50, was convicted of manslaughter by diminished responsibility and sentenced to a minimum of nine years.
  90. 7 July 2018: Lorna Myers, 54, was stabbed to death by her son, Malo Myers, 32, who was found guilty of manslaughter. Her 14-year-old son, who was also stabbed, survived the attack.
  91. 8 July 2018: Stela Marisabel Domador-Kuzma, 34, was stabbed to death by her housemate Ryan Thornton, 20, at the home they shared in Bournemouth. Thornton, who has also admitted charges of possessing indecent images of children, pleaded guilty to murder.
  92. 8 July 2018: Patricia Franks, 86, was killed through blunt force trauma and strangulation by her husband Lawrence Franks, 84, at their home in Stockport. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
  93. 8 July 2018: Dawn Sturgess, 44, was killed after applying the nerve agent novichok which had been discarded in a counterfeit perfume bottle. The UK Government believe it was the same military-grade substance used in an attack on a former Russian spy and are said the hold the Russian state responsible.
  94. 10 July 2018: Gina Ingles, 34, and her 4-year-old son, Milo, 4, died of smoke inhalation after a fire in their home in East Sussex. Her partner, 26, was injured and survived the fire. Jacob Barnard,32, and Andrew Milne,42, were found guilty of two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
  95. 10 July 2018: Joyce Burgess, 84, died of a heart attack in hospital 3 days after being assaulted by Johnny Brazil, 27, when he burgled her home in Surrey. He caused significant injuries to her arms, face and chest and admitted manslaughter in June 2019.
  96. 12 July 2018: Riasat Bi, 86, died of multiple stab wounds after she was attacked by Madni Ahmed, 20, in her home in Birmingham. Her 18-year-old grandson was also stabbed and survived the attack. Ahmed was convicted of murder, attempted murder, possession of an offensive weapon and affray. He was sentenced to 36 years.
  97. 12 July 2018: Katerina Makunova, 17, was killed during an argument with her ex-boyfriend, Oluwaseyi Dada, 21. Dada had a history of coercive and controlling behaviour towards Katerina and police had been involved on numerous occasions. Katerina died when she ‘fell’ onto a kitchen knife that was in her handbag. Dada was sentenced to two years and three months for manslaughter.
  98. 16 July 2018: Claire Wright, 38, was tied up and gagged by her partner Warren Coulton, 51, at a campsite in Wales. She died of asphyxiation in a supposed ‘sex-game gone wrong’. Coulton fled the scene, leaving Claire’s body to be found by cleaning and maintenance staff. He was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence and sentenced to six years imprisonment.
  99. 19 July 2018: Lesley Davies, 81, died in hospital after being attacked in the street outside her home in Cornwall. She was pushed to the ground and stamped on by her partner, Brian Downie, 69. He was given an indefinite hospital order.
  100. 24 July 2018: Sheila Thomas, 69, was found dead with stab wounds at her home in South London. She had been bludgeoned with a piece of wood and stabbed by her husband, David Thomas, 73, at their home in Herne Hill, South London. Sheila had suffered years of abuse at the hands of David Thomas and she had told him she wanted to separate. He was convicted of murder.
  101. 26 July 2018: Lucy McHugh, 13, was found stabbed to death in woodland in Southampton. Stephen-Alan Nicholson, 24, was found guilty of three counts of rape and of Lucy’s murder. The trial heard that Nicholson murdered Lucy to prevent her exposing him as an abuser.
  102. 29 July 2018: Stephanie (aka Stevie) Packman 64, was killed by her husband Michael Packman, 66, at their home in Sittingbourne. He cut her throat and then tried to kill himself. He was given a 2-year suspended sentence.
  103. July 2018: Anne Reid, 81, died after care-work Calum Knox syringed ‘liquid’ in to her mouth. Knox had been charged with attempted murder and neglect in relation to her death and Susan Reid below. Knox is also facing charges in relation to other patients.
  104. July 2018: Susan Reid, 73, died after care-work Calum Knox syringed ‘liquid’ in to her mouth. Knox had been charged with attempted murder and neglect in relation to her death and Anne Reid above. Knox is also facing charges in relation to other patients.
  1. 27 July 2018: Sam Eastwood, 28, was found dead in a shallow grave in Staffordshire eight days after being strangled by her partner Michael Stirling, 32. Stirling was given a life sentence for murder.
  2. 2 August 2018: Karen Peter, 50, was found dead after a house fire in Dagenham, East London. Her husband, Thomas Peter, 50, strangled Karen and then set alight to her body in a locked bedroom. Thomas Peter subjected Karen to violence and abuse throughout the marriage. He was found guilty of murder and arson with intent to endanger life.
  3. 3 August 2018: Kelly Franklin, 29, was stabbed to death in the street in what police have described as a ‘targeted attack’. Her ex-partner, Torbjorn (Ian) Kettlewell, 30, was convicted of murder and jailed for 29 years. His partner, Julie Wass, was convicted of manslaughter.
  4. 6 August 2018: Katherine (Katie) Kemp, 31, was found stabbed to death after her husband Thomas Kemp, 32, jumped out of a window. Thomas Kemp had stabbed Katherine 28 times at the flat they shared in Ipswich.
  5. 6 August 2018: Tracey Evans, 52, was found dead in her flat in Leicestershire. Her partner, Jeremy Clarke, 54, had slit her throat from ‘ear-to-ear’. Clarke had subjected Tracey to physical, emotional and financial abuse throughout the relationship. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison for murder.
  6. 7 August 2018: Marie Walker, 61, was found dead by the police in her home Edinburgh after neighbours raised concerns. She was strangled to death by her partner Robert Douglas, 62. Douglas was convicted of her murder and must serve at least 16 years in prison.
  1. 15 August 2018: Simonne Kerr, 31, was stabbed 70 times by Desmond Sylva, 40, at his flat in Clapham, south London. Sylva, who has a history of violence and abuse against women, must serve a minimum of 21 years after he was convicted of murder.
  2. 15 August 2018: Barbara Davison, 66, was found dead at her home in Redcar. She had been strangled by her partner Paul Plunkett, 61. In 1995, Plunket served a three-year sentence for strangling his partner, Jackie Aspery, to death. He was sentenced to a minimum of 23 years Barbara’s murder.
  3. 22 August 2018: Carole Harrison, 73, was found dead after a fire at her house in South West London. Though cause of death could not be established, there was evidence that Carole had been assaulted. William Kydd, 54, who was known to the victim, was convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum tariff of 30 years in prison.
  4. 26 August 2018: Sharon Perrett, 37, was found dead at her home in Dorset. A post-mortem revealed she had sustained multiple impact injuries to her head, neck, chest and limbs. She had 15 fractured ribs and more than 80 area of external bruising and abrasions. Her partner Daniel O’Malley-Keyes, 30, is serving an 18-year sentence for murder.
  5. 27 August 2018: Raneem Oudeh, 22, was stabbed to death along with her mother, Khaola Saleem, 49, outside Khaola’s home in Solihull. Janbaz Tarin, 21, was sentenced to a minimum of 32 years double-murder. Raneem had been trying to end her relationship with Tarin since April that year.
  6. 27 August 2018: Khaola Saleem, 22, was stabbed to death along with her daughter, Raneem Oudeh, 22, outside her home in Solihull. Janbaz Tarin, 21, was sentenced to a minimum of 32 years double-murder. Raneem had been trying to end her relationship with Tarin since April that year.
  7. August 2018: Eileen Baxter, 75, died of multiple organ failure following the puncture of her bowl caused by a vaginal mesh implant. The insufficiently tested and poorly regulated plastic mesh devices have been called the greatest health scandal since Thalidomide. Eileen was not killed by a violent man. Women’s pain is routinely ignored and minimised and this dangerous surgery is facing increased scrutiny.
  8. 28 August 2018: Lisa Butler, 48, was stabbed to death by her uncle Richard Butler, 66, at a caravan park in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.  Butler killed himself at the scene.
  9. 29 August 2018: Laura Harrison, 36, was beaten, strangled, and stabbed once in the forehead and 17 times in the buttocks by her boyfriend Jonathon Robinson, 32, at his home in Middlesbrough. Robinson had been violent and abusive to Laura throughout the relationship. He was sentenced to 21 years for murder.
  10. 1 September 2018: Celia Levitt, 68, was stabbed with a kitting needle and strangled by her son, Barry Levitt, 36, at his home in Bromley, south London. He was given an indefinite hospital order for manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
  11. 2 September 2018: Julie Owens, 52, died in hospital 11 days after being seriously assaulted, by her son John Owens, 30, at her home in Liverpool. John Owens was sentenced to four and a half years for manslaughter.
  12. 5 September 2018: Joan Hoggett, 62, was stabbed multiple times whilst at work in a local shop in Fulwell, Sunderland. Ethan Mountain, 19, pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
  13. 6 September 2018: Memunatu Warne, 43, died of smoke inhalation after a masked man riding a moped threw a petrol bomb through a window of the home of a relative whom she was visiting in Woolwich, south-east London. William Smith, 26, and Elliot Robinson, 22, were found guilty of murder and were sentenced to 32 years and 31 years respectively.
  14. 6 September 2018: Kylie Dembrey, 28, died following an attack at her home in Berkshire in which she was strangled and then stabbed by her partner Mark Sinclair, 30. Sinclair was violent and abusive towards Kylie throughout their 12-year relationship and has at least five previous convictions related to domestic violence. He was convicted of murder.
  15. 9 September 2018: Susan Gyde, 52, was found by police when they were called to attend to a serious assault at the home she shared with her husband, Philip Gyde, 58, in Burton, Staffordshire. She was pronounced dead later in hospital. She had been strangled by Philip Gyde, who was convicted of her murder.
  16. 11 September 2018: Yvonne Robinson, 60, died at her home in Cumbria. A post mortem revealed that the cause of her death was blunt chest trauma. She had 15 rib fractures and was suffering from neglect. Her partner, Colin Sharples was arrested after her death but died before the post mortem was produced. Assistant coroner Dr Nicholas Shaw said had he not died ‘I have no doubt he would have been arrested and prosecuted in relation to Yvonne’s death and he might well have been charged with her murder.’ There was a history of him abusing her.
  17. 20 September 2018: Kay Richardson, 49, was killed at her home in Sunderland by her husband Alan Martin, 53, who then killed himself. Martin, who had been questioned by police on suspicion of rape in the days before the killing, repeatedly hit Kay Richardson over the head with a hammer before strangling her with an electric cable. Kay had repeatedly reported Martin to the police and he had been served with an injunction one day before he killed her.
  18. 21 September 2018: Cristina Magda-Calancea, 26, was stabbed to death, Norfolk, at her home in Kings Lynn. Her ex-partner, Gediminas Jasinskas, 29, hid in Cristina’s garage as he waited for her to finish work, before stabbing her 25 times. Jasinskas was convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 20 years.
  19. 21 September 2018: Frances Hubbard, 81, was killed after her husband, Michael Hubbard, 81, repeatedly stabbed her in the head with two kitchen knives, at their home in Norfolk. A trial of facts hearing found that Michael Hubbard had caused her death and he was detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.
  20. 23 September 2018: Sandra Zmijan, 32, was found dead in Wojciech Tadewicz’s, 26, back garden in Hayes, west London. Tadewicz had repeatedly struck Sandra with a hammer a day after she told him they could ‘only ever be friends’. He was jailed for a minimum of 22 years for murder.
  21. 25 September 2018: Margaret Harris, 78, and her daughter Sharon Harris, 55, were stabbed to death by their neighbour, Jack Ralph, 28, at their home in Hadlow, Kent. Margaret’s husband was also stabbed in the attack and survived. Ralph was found guilty of two counts of manslaughter by diminished responsibility and one of attempted murder.
  22. 25 September 2018: Sharon Harris, 55, and her mother Margaret Harris, 78, were stabbed to death by their neighbour, Jack Ralph, 28, at their home in Hadlow, Kent. Her father, David Harris, survived the attack with serious injuries.
  23. 26 September 2018: Jeanna Maher, 51, was bound with a ligature at her wrists and ankles and repeatedly hit on the head and a body with an unknown implement at a house in Drumchapel, Glasgow. Her husband Peter Maher, 57 at the time of her death, was initially found unfit to plea and was detained in a secure hospital. He has since been charged with Jeanna Maher’s murder and is awaiting a criminal trial.
  24. 30 September 2018: Glenda Jackson, 44, was beaten and stabbed to death by her neighbours, Nicholas Curtis, 32, and Stuart Curtis, 31, on the street outside her home in Merseyside. Previously, Glenda had reported to police that she had been subject to homophobic abuse perpetrated by a group the men were connected to. The brothers were found guilty of murder.
  25. 1 October 2018: Avan Najmadeen, 32, was stabbed 50 times by her husband, Dana Abdullah, 35, at her home in Stoke-on-Trent. The court heard that Avan had moved several times because she did not want Abdullah to know where she was living. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum term of 18 years and eight months.
  26. 5 October 2018: Claire Turnbull, 36, was hit eight times on the back of her head with a claw hammer by Aaron Donald, 28, in a flat he shared with his girlfriend in Blairhall, West Fife. Donald did not know Claire at the time of the attack. The court heard that Donald had 50 previous convictions, including seven for violence.
  27. 8 October 2018: Natalie Saunders, 33, was found dead at her home in Cleveland. There were 85 separate sites of injury on her body – with a minimum of three blows found to her face, 13 to her head and neck, 23 to her torso, and 25 to her lower limbs. Her boyfriend Stephen Charlton, 24, was found guilty of her murder.
  28. 9 October 2018: Sarah Wellgreen, 47, was last seen alive on 9 October 2018. Her former partner, Ben Lacomba, 38, was convicted of her murder. The trial heard that Lacomba killed and disposed of Sarah’s body after she sought to buy him out of the home they shared in Kent, despite having separated in 2014. Her body has never been found.
  29. 22 October 2018: Nazia Begum Ali, 25, was found dead at her home in Bow, east London. A trial heard that her husband, Mohammed Anhar Ali, 32, had waited inside a cupboard for up to 10 hours for her to return, before beating and strangling her to death. The judge described Anhar Ali as ‘manipulative and overbearing’ towards Nazia and that his conduct was fuelled by a failure to accept that she was ‘entitled to leave him, entitled to divorce him and entitled to live her own life’.
  30. 24 October 2018: Teresa Garner, 46, died of significant head injuries from severe blunt force trauma with a hammer at the home she shared with her husband, John Garner, in North Wales. John Garner, 51, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 22 years. Three women gave evidence at the trial and stated that Garner was violent and abusive during their relationships.
  31. 28 October 2018: Lynn Forde, 35, was found dead after her partner Phil Osborne, 36, called the police and told them that he had killed her before killing himself 30 miles away.
  32. 29 October 2018: Mavis Bran, 69, died in hospital of multiple organ failure after developing sepsis and hypothermia after suffering severe burns in the chip shop she owned with her husband in Carmarthenshire. Geoff Bran, 70, her husband, was charged with and later cleared of her murder though admitted that he continued to serve customers in the chip shop rather than seek medical assistance. Mavis had previously confided in a friend that he was abusive to her.
  33. 30 October 2018: Sheena Jackson, 58 was found dead in the home she shared with her husband, Alexander Jackson, 65, in Stirling. Police have confirmed that her death was murder. Her husband was found seriously unwell inside the property and died later. It is believed Alexander Jackson killed Sheena and then took his own life.
  34. 2 November 2018: Anne Marie Pomphret, 49, was found dead at the stables she owned in Warrington having suffered serious head injuries. Her husband David Pompthret, 50, was charged with her murder in April 2019 and found guilty in October 2019. He had battered her to death with a crowbar
  35. 3 November 2018: Renata Poncova, 33, was pushed out of an 8th floor window by her boyfriend Tony Taylor, 33, at the flat they shared in Southwark, south-London. Taylor then jumped from the window. An inquest found that Renata was unlawfully killed and Taylor died as a result of suicide.
  36. 6 November 2018: Fiona McDonald, 44, was stabbed 47 times by her neighbour, William Finlay, at her home in Falkirk. Finlay, 56, admitted murder and was sentenced to at least 17 years.
  37. 8 Nov 2018: Natalie Smith, 34, stabbed by her ex-partner, Craig Stewart, and was found at her home in Bristol with life threatening injuries. She died in hospital. Craig Stewart, 36, died at the scene from self-inflicted stab wounds.
  38. 12 November 2018: Katarzyna (Kasia) Paszek, 39, died in hospital with a blunt force head injury. An inquest heard that she had been subjected to domestic abuse and had been receiving help from the West Wales Domestic Abuse Service for a year prior to her death. Four men were initially arrested in relation to her death. The inquest was informed by police that there were “significant inconsistencies” in the statements surrounding the incident. which made it impossible to establish what happened or what caused her death. The coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
  39. 12 November 2018: Tasneem Sheikh was hit over the head five times with a vase at the home she shared with her husband, Naseer Khan, 66, in Wandsworth, south London. Khan was found guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility and given an indefinite hospital order.
  40. 12 November 2018: Sana Muhammad, 35, was shot in the stomach with a crossbow. She was pronounced dead by doctors, who were able to deliver the baby she was carrying. Her ex-husband, Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo, 50, hid in the shed in Sana’s garden, at her home in Ilford, armed with two crossbows, bolts, a knife, duct tape, cables ties and a hammer. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 33 years.
  41. 13 November 2018: Pauline Kilkenny, 59, was found dead at her home in County Fermanagh after concerns were raised when she didn’t turn up at work. Joseph Dolan, 28, who was lodging with Pauline at the time, stabbed her 28 times.
  42. 16 November 2018: Maureen Watkins, 75, died from multiple stab wounds by her son, Edward Watkins, 55, at their home in Peckham, south-east London. Watkins was detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.
  43. 16 November 2018: Valerie Kneale, 75, was in hospital in a stoke unit in Blackpool. She died of a haemorrhage caused by a ‘non-medical related internal injury’. The post-mortem examination was one of a number carried out as part of an investigation into allegations of mistreatment and neglect on the hospital’s stroke unit. Investigating officers had received information about other allegations of serious sexual assaults against two patients, as well as the sexual assault of a healthcare professional working on the stroke unit.  A healthcare professional was arrested under suspicion of rape and murder in 2021.
  44. 17 November 2018: Jacqueline Allen, 65, died when her daughter’s home in Kent was set alight, shortly after warning the police that her daughter’s ex-partner was dangerous. Her daughter’s ex-partner, Simon Childs, 51, was found guilty of the murder of Jacqueline and attempted murder of her 12-year-old granddaughter.
  45. 24 November 2018: Samantha Gosney, 29, was stabbed to death in her home in Merseyside by her partner Adam Brettle, 23. The court heard that Brettle was ‘controlling and jealous’ and that he stabbed Samantha – who suffered 29 wounds in the attack – when she made plans to attend her grandmother’s funeral.
  46. 25 November 2018: Karen Cleary-Brown, 44, went missing in Jamaica. She was found dead on 3rd December.  Shelden Hewitt, 32, who was working on her property confessed to her murder.
  47. 27 November 2018: Lorraine Matos-Sanchez, 27, died of compression to her neck inflicted by her husband Jesus Matos-Sanchez, 31, at their home in Leicestershire. He then killed himself. A review into Lorraine’s killing found that she had previously text a friend stating she thought he was going to kill her.
  48. 28 November 2018: Kelly Worgan, 33, was strangled to death by her husband George Worgan, 35, at their home in Bristol. He was given a life sentence, to serve minimum term of 12 and a half years.
  49. 29 November 2018: Barbara Findlay, 58 was from Kennington, S. London but had lived in Jamaica for the last 5 years. She was reported missing on 29 November. She was found dead on 5 December.
  50. 1 December 2018: Grace Millane, 22, was from Essex. She went missing on 1st December whilst travelling in New Zealand. She was found dead on 9 December.  Jesse Kempson, 28, was convicted of her murder. In the time since his conviction, Kempson was convicted of a further eight charges relating to violence against women, including using a knife against a woman.
  51. 4 December2018: Maureen Whale, 77, collapsed on the phone when calling the police while her house was being burgled by two males. Post-mortem tests found she died from coronary heart disease brought on by the stress of the incident. The men have not been found.
  52. 5 December 2018: Sally Cavender, 55, was taken to hospital critically injured but died shortly after. Sally was strangled and beaten by her partner, Robert Simpson-Scott, in his home in Cambridge. He was found guilty of her murder.
  53. 10 December 2018: June Knight, 79, died at a care home in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Her son, Robert Knight, 52, threw her from a first-floor balcony causing ‘catastrophic’ head injuries. Knight was convicted of manslaughter and given a suspended sentence.
  54. 13 December 2018, Keely McGrath, 30, was beaten and stabbed to death by her partner, Anthony Davis, at their home in Derbyshire. Davis, 39, was convicted of murder and must serve at least 24 years in prison.
  55. 14 December 2018: Poppy Devey-Waterhouse, 24, sustained more than 100 injuries when her ex-boyfriend, Joe Atkinson, 25, attacked her with a knife at their home in Yorkshire. Poppy suffered 70 knife injuries. The court heard that Atkinson failed to accept the relationship was over. He was convicted of murder.
  56. 17 December 2018: Sheila Small, 73, was beaten to death with a rolling pin and walking stick by her husband Edward Small, 76 at their home in Bradford. Prosecutor David Brooke QC said she had wounds to the top of her head that had split the skin to the skull. She had up to 26 separate injuries to her face, extensive bruising to her body and all four limbs, a shattered shoulder blade, a broken collar bone and fractured ribs. Her right arm was “absolutely covered in bruises” and the index finger was broken.
  57. 19 December 2018: Lana-Jayne Owen, 46, was strangled to death in her home in Rhondda Cynon Taff. Her partner Philip Andrews, 51, was charged with her murder and died of a terminal illness before facing trial. It is believed he strangled Lana with a length of cord. The coroner recorded a conclusion of unlawful killing.
  58. 22 December 2018: Marissa Aldrich, 29, was drowned in a balancing pond in Cambridgeshire, by her boyfriend Robert McWhir, 25. McWhir had a history of coercive and controlling behaviour. Just before the attack he had been accusing Marissa of seeing other men.
  59. 22 December 2018: Joanne Gallacher, 33, was stabbed 57 times by her partner, James Kennedy, 31, at his home in Lanarkshire.
  60. 23 December 2018: Carole Forth, 56, was strangled to death by her partner, Edward Scott, 62, at their home in Hull. He was found guilty of manslaughter.
  61. 25 December 2018: Parwin Quriashi, 19, was found with serious injuries caused by multiple stab wounds. She had been stabbed 38 times by her husband, Mohammad Qureshi, 27, at their home in Kent. He was sentenced to 16 years for murder.
  62. 26 December 2018: Angela Mittal, 41 was stabbed 59 times by her husband, Laurens Brand, 47, shortly after speaking to a solicitor about divorce. In a recording of a 999-call played to court, Brand said: ‘She was going to leave me… I couldn’t let that happen’.
  63. 26 December 2018: Alena Grlakova, 38, was found dead, naked in stream, in Rotherham, in April 2019 after having last been seen alive on boxing day 2018. She had been strangled and her body was covered In grit and stone. Gary Allen, 47, was found guilty of her murder.
  64. 26 December 2018: Joy Morgan, 21 was last seen alive at a church celebration in London. Joy’s body was found months later in Hertfordshire woodland. The cause of death could not be established but it is thought she may have been given drugs without her knowledge. An acquaintance, Ajibola Shogbamimu, 40, was found guilty of her murder.
  65. 30 December 2018: June Jones, 33, also known as Katie, was found dead at her home in West Bromwich after being reported missing on 26 December. She was found in the bath and wrapped in a rug with a knife placed on top of her body. It is believed she had been killed around 10th Her ex-boyfriend, Michael Foran, 32, is serving a life sentence for murder.
  66. 30 December 2018: Linda Jane McArity, 50, was found strangled in her home. Ian Kerr, 36, was found guilty of her murder.

Writing women’s lived reality out of the narrative of their death

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8 Christina Randall

Hull City Council has recently published a Domestic Homicide Review[i] (DHR) into the murder of Christina Spillane, also known as Christina Randell. The conclusion in the  Executive Summary of the full report stated ‘Nothing has come to light during the review that would suggest that [Christina Spillane’s] death could have been predicted or prevented.’

On 5th December 2013, Christina Spillane had phoned the police and in the course of describing threatening and aggressive behaviour from Deland Allman, her partner of over 20 years, she told them that he was going to kill her. The claim that nothing suggested her murder could have been predicted is not just wrong, it is doing one of the things that DHRs are supposed to avoid: writing the voice of the victim out of her own narrative. Christina had herself predicted that Allman was going to kill her and she told this to the police the first time there was any recorded contact between  her and them. Also, women are more likely to underestimate the risk they face from a violent partner than overestimate it.  Her fears should not have been ignored whilst she was still alive, let alone after she had been killed.

The conclusion of the executive summary of the DHR, contrary to several examples given in the body of the report, states ‘There is nothing to indicate there were any barriers to reporting and advice and information was given to [Christina]  regarding services but these were not taken up.’ This belies any understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence and abuse. 1 in 4 women in England and Wales will experience domestic violence in their lifetimes and almost 1 in 10 will suffer domestic violence in any given year. Most women will never make any sort of formal report, to the police or any other service, statutory or otherwise, but most of them would be able to explain why they haven’t, exactly because of the multitude of barriers to doing so: shame, feeling it’s your own fault, not wanting to admit there’s a problem, feeling knackered enough and demoralised by the abuse and not being able to face telling a stranger about it, feeling judged, feeling more afraid of the unknown future than the known present or past. These are just a few examples from a much longer list of possibilities. On one occasion that the police were called to respond to Allman’s violence against Christina, their adult child had told the police that their mother, Christina ‘was too scared to call the police.’ That the panel of people assembled for the domestic homicide review panel declined to identify this, or any other significant barriers to reporting in the report’s conclusion, is a shockingly bad omission.

Research published in 2012 by the Equality and Human Rights Commission showed that 95% of women using women’s services preferred to receive them from a women only-organisation.   Another report ‘Islands in the Stream’ by London Metropolitan University also stressed the importance of independent organisations. The domestic violence and abuse service in Hull is provided by Hull Domestic Abuse Partnership, a multi-agency response within the council’s community safety function. This is not an independent woman-only organisation. It is remiss that the DHR report does not consider whether this might be a barrier to reporting. Indeed it only reinforces the suggestion that too many statutory commissioners are happy to ignore what women tell us about the services they most value and furthermore, that independent women’s organisations are often undervalued and their importance side-lined.

For Christina there were additional problems: she had problematic substance use and a long history of involvement in prostitution. The review details that she had a criminal record including  ‘prostitute loitering and prostitute soliciting’ but does not consider even in passing that this may have affected her behaviour, choices, beliefs about herself or relationship with ‘the authorities’. By failing to look at this, the inclusion of this information in the review risks merely inviting judgment of her character, the expectation of which is itself a barrier to accessing support. Indeed a report by nia found that prostitution-specific criminal records have a profound and specific negative impact on women, massively influencing how they expect to be viewed by others. Additionally, involvement in prostitution itself is a homicide risk factor.  The Femicide Census found that of women who were involved in prostitution and killed  between 2009 and 2015, almost 20% had been killed by a current or former partner, suggesting prostitution must be recognised as not just a risk factor for or form of male violence, but also as a risk factor for intimate partner violence including homicide. There is no indication in the DHR that anyone on the review panel had an expertise in understanding the impacts of prostitution upon women and considered this a barrier.

On 1st February 2015, almost two years and two months after telling the police that she feared Allman would kill her, Christina Spillane was found dead. Allman had stabbed her three times and strangled her in an assault of such force that the blade had snapped. She was 51. Far from there being ‘Nothing [that had] come to light during the review that would suggest that [Christina Spillane’s] death could have been predicted or prevented.’ as concluded in the executive summary, there had been a number of indicators of serious risk: escalating violence, threats to kill, reports of strangulation, separation, expression of suicidal thoughts by Allman, and male entitlement/possessiveness indicated by Allman’s belief that Christina was ‘having an affair’. Christina had spoken to the police, her GP, her drugs support agency, a support provider for women offenders and A&E between calling the police in December 2013 and her murder on the eve of 1st February 2015. It is simply incorrect to state that support ‘was not taken up’. Another interpretation is that Christina Spillane was desperately afraid and made multiple disclosures as she sought to find a route to safety, was facing multiple barriers to accessing specialist services and was failed by those that may have been able to help.

Frank Mullane, CEO of AAFDA,  a charity set up to support families of victims of domestic homicide in memory of his sister and nephew who were murdered by their husband/father, says that the “victim’s perspective should permeate these reviews throughout”. The DHR in to the murder of Christina Spillane sorely failed to achieve this aim

No-one but the perpetrator, Deland Allman, bears responsibility for killing Christina. It is not the purpose of a DHR to redirect blame from violent killers (usually men) who make choices to end (usually women’s) lives. But if DHRs are to fulfil the functions of contributing to a better understanding and the prevention of domestic violence and abuse, they cannot be a hand-washing exercise. They need to ask big questions, there needs to be a robust challenge to victim blaming and they must endeavour to see things from a victim’s (usually woman’s) perspective. If we want them to be part of what makes a difference, we need to make sure that we hear what victims of violence tell us, rather than use them as a means of absolving us from taking responsibility for the differences that we might have been able to make.

 [i]  Since 2001, local authorities have been required to undertake and usually publish reports on Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) where the death of a person aged 16 or over has, or appears to have, resulted from violence, abuse or neglect by a relative, household member or someone they have been in an intimate relationship with. The purposes of the reviews, which should be chaired by an independent person with relevant expertise, include establishing and applying  what lessons are to be learned from the ways that agencies work to safeguard victims and also, to contribute to a better understanding of and the prevention of domestic violence and abuse.

 

The Attack in Manchester was an Attack on Women and Girls

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Manchester 22

We now know the names of the 22 people confirmed dead in the attack in Manchester, and we know the 17 of them were women and girls.  Whilst not to deny or denigrate the lives of the 5 men that were also taken, it is essential that we view the attack as an attack on women. The attacker chose an event, an  Ariana Grande concert, with a fan base in which girls – preteen and teenage – dominate.

Daesh have claimed responsibility and so the attack is rightly framed in the context of religious extremism.  The patriarchal oppression of women by men is at the heart of this ideology,  and in that respect Daesh is not alone.  Inequality between women and men and men’s violence against women go hand-in-hand the world over.  It is estimated that across the globe  66,000 women and girls are killed violently every year .  Generally those countries with the highest homicide rates are those with the highest rates of fatal violence against women and girls; but other factors are at play too,  countries with higher levels of sex  inequality also have high rates of men’s violence against women and girls. The UK is no exception, this year, even before the attack in Manchester, at least 37 UK women had been killed by men.  Links between men who perpetrate violence against women  and terrorism are now being identified; and mass killers, including school shooters, are almost always male.

Gender is a hierarchy, the ideals of masculinity and femininity are critical tools in maintaining the oppression of women by men,  in the creation of men’s violence against women and the conditions that support and enable it. We cannot afford to fail to identify and name patriarchy as an ideology underpinning violence and we cannot afford to fail to name male violence against women in the Manchester attack.   If we want to end men’s violence against women and girls we will have to dismantle the structures that support inequality between women and men, without this almost any intervention that we might make will have little impact.

The prevent agenda, one of the 4 strands of the UK governments counter-terrorism strategy,  has been condemned as toxic and anti-Muslim, as reinforcing rather than healing mistrust, but cultural relativism is not the solution.   If we want to tackle terrorism, we need to understand and acknowledge that structural inequalities that create the conditions for violent hatred – be they grounded in patriarchy– or imperialism or  capitalism  – are critical and that solutions, if they are to have any impact, need to be equally ambitious.  We also need to make sure our definition of terrorism includes acts of violence perpetrated by those claiming to be motivated by the aims of ideologies held, or perceived to be held, by populations who are mainly white. Religion is one of the tools of ideology. We need to push for a secular state, that doesn’t have to be about the absence of religion from the lives of those who choose it, but it does mean the separation of religion and the state.   Of course if we are to learn from the mistakes of imperialism, this means that the West cannot impose secularism on the Global South.  But we can redouble our efforts to fight for universal Human Rights for all, and human rights fully encompass women’s rights. The right to life, the right to freedom from torture, the right to freedom from slavery: men’s violence against women and more broadly the oppression of women is an international human rights crisis.

Yes, now is the time for unity – and in that unity we should seek our connections to those killed and harmed in the name of violent and oppressive ideologies across the world.  We must be unified in our fight to identify, name and end all forms of men’s violence against women and girls and also to end hierarchies between women and girls.  Whether international terrorism or domestic terrorism, men’s violence against women and girls is used to control, disempower and degrade women and girls.  The attack in Manchester was an attack on women and girls, on our liberty, our safety, our lives.   The response to terrorism must always include the rights of women.

In memory of

Angelica Klis, 40

Georgina Callendar, 18

Saffie Roussos, 8

Kelly Brewster , 32

Olivia Campbell, 15

Alison Howe,45

Lisa Lees, 47

Jane Tweddle-Taylor, 51

Megan Hurley, 15

Nell Jones, 14

Michelle Kiss, 45

Sorrell Leczkowski, 14

Chloe Rutherford, 17

Eilidh Macleod, 14

Wendy Fawell, 50

Courtney Boyle, 19

Elaine McIver,43

And also,

Martyn Hett, 29

Marcin Klis, 42

John Atkinson, 28

Liam Curry, 19

Philip Tron, 32