Martin Silvester was a thirty-four-year-old divorced father of two who worked as a haulage contractor, running a business called Wednesbury Logistical Services in the West Midlands, England. Shortly before midnight on August 21st, 2001, Martin was sitting in his BMW outside his business on Pikehelve Street when a man approached and pistol-whipped him before shooting … More Martin Silvester
Makram Abdul-Kadir was Somalian and was living in the UK in 2001, but beyond that, very little is known about him, including his age and when exactly he emigrated from his home country. Makram had apparently been homeless in London for quite some time. On the evening of July 28th, 2001, he drank a great … More Makram Abdul-Kadir
Seventy-year-old Glenda Chambers lived in a maisonette on Onley Road in Walworth, London, England. She had two grown daughters. In 1996, Glenda’s older daughter began dating a Ugandan taxi driver whom she met at church. She was keen to get married, but her boyfriend was not, and eventually the couple broke up over it. Tempers … More Glenda Chambers
Andrew Chubb apparently had an idyllic, comfortable life. A veteran of the British Navy, where he had served for twenty years, he later became a barrister and by the age of fifty-eight, had become a respected circuit judge. He had even been part of the prosecution team in the infamous trial of Rosemary West. He … More Andrew Chubb
Phillip Saville was a forty-year-old father of two, and worked as the director of a soil investigation drilling company in London, England. In the early morning hours of August 2nd, 2001, he was attending a party for a colleague who was leaving the firm; the event took place at an establishment on Wardour Street in … More Phillip Saville
Twenty-three-year-old Hasan Mamali and twenty-six-year-old Sami Mustafa were Turkish Cypriots, living in Islington, London, England. On May 27th, 2001, the two men were sitting in the back seat of a BMW convertible parked in Islington; two other individuals were in the front seats. Quite suddenly, gunfire erupted. Sami Mustafa attempted to flee from the car, … More Hasan Mamali and Sami Mustafa
Fifty-eight-year-old Anthony Boyle was a retired electrician who lived in West Darby, Liverpool, England. On Friday, January 4th, 2001, he had been at the local Conservative club having a few drinks, and he left there at about nine p.m. for the short walk home. Along the way, he reportedly scolded a gang of teenagers—both boys … More Anthony Boyle
Shortly after two-thirty p.m. on April 19th, 2001, ninety-two-year-old pensioner Mary Hancock was walking along Leyland Road in Southport, Merseyside, England. Suddenly, a white saloon car pulled up alongside her, driven by an unidentified man. The passenger of the car, a woman, got out and snatched Mary’s handbag, throwing Mary to the ground in the … More Mary Hancock
It was April 2nd, 2001, and two friends—thirty-year-old Mark Thompson and thirty-four-year-old George Price—decided to go shooting in a wooded area near the M57 in Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside, England. It was a hobby they reportedly both enjoyed, as they made frequent appearances in makeshift gun ranges in the local area. At around seven p.m., a … More George Price and Mark Thompson
Roughly a month after the murder of Ian Clarke in Liverpool, England, another shooting occurred that was suspected to be linked to the same gangland feud. Anthony “Tony” Lawler was forty-five years old, and at around six-thirty p.m. on October 11th, 2001, he had taken his mother to Netherley to do some grocery shopping. Without … More Tony Lawler
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