How 2018 saw London’s streets run red with blood in devastating orgy of violence that saw 132 people murdered – the highest rate for 10 YEARS
Knife crime and shootings are on the rise in London as cops have struggled to contain the violence
MONDAY April 2 is a day that Mohammed Shakoor will never forget.
One minute he was watching TV at home, and the next he received a call that would change his life forever.
His 16-year-old son Amaan had been shot dead by two hooded men outside a leisure centre in East London.
In that moment, Mohammed and his family had become the latest victim of the violence that’s rocked the capital this year.
“You are never prepared for something like this”, he said.
“I will never forget hearing those words ‘Amaan has been shot’ for as long as I live.
“I find it hard to remember a lot after that, it all seemed to happen so quickly.
“Going to the scene, being at the hospital, talking to the doctors…being told there was no hope, being told that my beautiful son was surely going to die.”
Amaan, the youngest of four siblings, had popped out to visit friends after a family meal at his Walthamstow home on that Monday.
The 16-year-old, who was studying for his GCSEs at Kelmscott School, was standing outside the Walthamstow Leisure Centre at around 10pm when he was shot in the face. He died the next day in hospital.
His killer is still at large.
Amaan was killed on the same night as 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne was shot dead just three miles away in Tottenham.
His murder was one of 132 violent deaths in London this year, the highest number since 2009.
Knife crime and shootings are on the rise as cops have struggled to contain the violence.
Speaking to the Sun Online Mohammed said: “On the streets there’s violence every single day, you see police cars rushing up and down all the time.
“You just think ‘whose child is it next?’
“You’d never hear about this kind of violence in the past but guns and knives are just normal now. Where do they get them from? How can that happen?
“There needs to be more policing. I think the police should do more stop and search because these individuals are carrying weapons.”
The 49-year-old said his family had been handed a “life sentence” due to the “senseless” murder of his beloved son.
He said: “Any parent will tell you it’s difficult to move on from this.
“It’s a big change in your life. It’s virtually impossible to move on from here but we’re trying one day at a time.
“Our lives have been totally changed for ever by those individuals who had no regard for life and the devastating impact it would have.
“Amaan was a wonderful son. He was quiet boy and kind-hearted. He was just a normal teenager who liked films and meeting his friends. He had so much to live for.”
Amaan was one of 23 teenagers murdered in the capital this year.
There have been 73 deaths involving a knife, 13 involving a gun and one a crossbow.
There was a spike in violent crime in February and March, where 18 homicides were recorded each month.
These were the second highest monthly totals recorded since April 2010 and saw London’s murder rate overtake that of New York.
In September the Metropolitan Police recorded its 100th murder – at an earlier point in the year than at any time since 2008.
Then, in just six days from Halloween to Bonfire Night, there were five fatal stabbings in London.
Three of those victims were schoolchildren; Jay Hughes, 15, John Ogunjobi, 16, and 17-year-old Malcolm Mide-Madariola, who was slashed to death outside Clapham South station in broad daylight.
That fresh round of killings led the Mayor of London to declare it could take a “decade” to turn the tide of violent crime.
Earlier this month he announced he would increase council tax for Londoners by the maximum amount within his power to tackle knife crime.
Families who moved to London in search of a better life have been ripped apart.
On one horrifying night in February two Somali youths were murdered – less than a mile apart.
Abdikarim Hassan, a keen footballer, was stabbed to death outside a corner shop in Camden.
His aunt, Fatima, said: “His mum said she came here for their safety, to flee from civil war but here is where he lost his life.”
Just two hours later, aspiring accountant Sadiq Aadam Mohamed, was murdered in Mornington Crescent.
“If you lose a child, it’s a dark day”, his devastated mum Fowsiya Abdi said.
A month later Beniamin Piekyni, 21, was brutally stabbed to death just three weeks after moving to Britain from Romania.
He was knifed in the chest by a five-strong gang in an unprovoked attack while strolling through the Stratford Centre in east London with a friend.
Fearful of life in Lawless London, Beniamin’s heartbroken family returned to Romania.
Speaking after five men were jailed over the attack in November, Beniamin’s sister Iulia said: “I’ve come to realise that terrible things can happen [in London] in the blink of an eye, and if you say the wrong thing to the wrong person you could end up dead”.
Patrick Green, who heads up the charity set up after the 2008 killing of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella, said: “Unfortunately this is something you can't turn around particularly quickly.
“It takes time for people to change their mind-sets, it takes time for us to change those views and it takes time for the money to work – that is why we will see this problem get worse before it gets better.”
Ex-gang member Jermaine Lawlor, who now runs Voice 4 Youth Against Violence, told the Sun Online "100 per cent the violence will get worse next year."
One of the reasons why violence in the capital has spread is because of the brutal “county lines trade” where urban dealers force children and other vulnerable people to take drugs to customers in more rural areas.
The National Crime Agency estimate there are more than 1,000 “county lines” in operation – a 40 per cent rise in just one year – raking in an estimated £1.8billion annual profit.
Each county lines route is making as much as £5,000 a day - £7million between them all.
The county lines gangs regularly entice boys, largely from broken homes, into a life of crime with promises of money, kudos and a sense of belonging often lacking in their troubled home lives.
In London itself, gang warfare is increasingly being driven by a ruthless battle to control the drugs market in a move away from “postcode wars”.
A chilling report focused on a Waltham Forest gang – called the Mali boys – described how their focus had shifted “from postcodes to profit”.
One expert said the Somali gang, operating in the north-east of London, was “business driven, violent and ruthless”.
He added: “It’s almost like a franchise, like McDonald’s or Benetton where the Mali Boys have got a very effective pyramid structure, business plan, but instead of burgers and woolly jumper it’s Class A drugs and cannabis.”
The gang use old fashioned Nokia phones because they are less easy to track and are estimated to be making as much a £50,000 a week in profits from drug sales.
In total there are estimated to be around 250 gangs in London involving around 4,500 people.
Gavin Hales, a criminologist and former consultant for the Metropolitan police, explained how gangs offered those with poor qualifications instant cash, status and belonging, as well as a sense of family.
“There are very low entry costs – it’s cash in hand. There’s a seduction about it because it’s ready money”, he said.
Middle class cocaine users have come under fire for helping to fuel this increasingly violent battle in Lawless London.
Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said the growing demand from well-off users for the Class A drug was leading to a surge in violent gang crime.
She said: “There's this challenge that there's a whole group of middle class people who will sit round happily talking about global warming, fair trade, environmental protection and organic farming, but think there's no harm in taking a bit of cocaine.
“Well, there is. There is misery throughout the supply chain.”
Justice Secretary David Gauke echoed Ms Dick’s concerns, saying middle-class people who used cocaine “should feel a degree of guilt and responsibility” when they saw stories of teenagers being murdered in Hackney.
And just last week the Lord Chief Justice said wealthy drug users should consider the “huge social damage” linked to their actions.
Drill music, where rappers taunt and threaten rivals, and the role of social media in escalating disputes has become an increasing concern for cops this year.
Supporters of drill – originally a Chicago slang term for shooting – insist it’s an important way for young people, particularly those from tough backgrounds, to express themselves.
But police claim the genre is escalating gang-on-gang violence in the capital.
Gangs often use the musical style to threaten rivals but, this year, the violence has increasingly spilled out on to the streets.
Ms Dick said: “Drill music is associated with lyrics which are about glamourising violence, serious violence — murder, stabbings — they describe the stabbings in great detail, with great joy and excitement.
“Often we have gangs who make drill videos and in them say what they are going to do to each other, and specifically what they are going to do to who.”
The force has become so concerned about the ominous trend it has asked YouTube to pull down more than 50 videos. It has agreed to remove around 30.
A judge spoke of drill’s “malign influence” in March when he jailed four teenagers for a total of 85 years over the murder of Mahamed Hassan, 17, who was stabbed in Battersea, South West London, in April last year.
Similarly, Judge Nicholas Cooke, QC, said Devone Pusey, 20, and Kai Stewart, 18, were “fuelled by musical taunts online” before killing Dean Pascal-Modeste in February 2017. They were jailed for a total of 37 years.
Marcel Addai's death in 2015 was one of the first in the capital that was linked to drill.
His gran June, 66, told the Sun Online: “This taunting each other and violence when artists say ‘I’m going to come down and shoot you, I’m going to cut you’ why are they doing this? Why? Why? They take the videos down but they just go back up again.
“It’s too violent, it has to stop. It needs to stop because too many people are losing their lives. All the families are ripped apart and you feel like there’s a big void in your life. It’s too much.
Marcel’s uncle Sebastian, 34, added: “Nothing has been learned from Marcel’s death. The circles are repeating again. The music to them is saying ‘do this, do that’ and then they’re going out and doing it. It’s only getting worse.”
Stanley Goupall's 15-year-old son, Jermaine, was killed by drill artist M-Trap 0 — aka 17-year-old Junior Simpson — who made videos in which he rapped about carrying out knife attacks like the one that killed Jermaine last summer.
He’s convinced his son “would still be here” if it were not for drill.
The 51-year-old said: “The mindset behind the music is demonic in places. The beat was inside their heads, it was like rehearsing the actions they needed to do.”
Meanwhile campaign groups said cuts to youth facilities has left disillusioned kids with nowhere to hang out, while cuts to front-line policing has seen the number of bobbies on the beat tumble.
Scotland Yard has seen its annual budget slashed by about 20 per cent since 2011, and it has lost 10 per cent of its cop in that time.
Over the last seven years 81 youth clubs and council youth projects have shut while almost £40million has been cut from youth services.
Junior Smart, a former drug dealer for several gangs in south London, said the area’s network of “safe haven” for youngsters had disappeared.
It’s been reported that youths are even now wearing stab vests, highlighting the level of fear they face.
Smart, who was jailed for 12 years in his mid-20s after being caught in possession of several kilos of crack, said: “At one youth club in south London we had 120 kids every night– it was oversubscribed. Now they end up on the estates.”
Nequela Whittaker, a youth worker, who used to be a gang leader in south London, told the BBC: "Due to spending cuts there has been less policing, community centres are closing.
“There's not been money directed at the third sector for a while and with all these cuts and reductions we've got more young people falling out on to the streets.”
She added: “Young people don’t feel like they fit in with society and there doesn’t seem to be a voice for young people so there’s a bit of carnage.”
LIST OF LONDON HOMICIDES IN 2018
JANUARY
January 1 - Steve Frank Narvaez-Jara, 20, was stabbed at a house party in Old Street on New Year's Day. Steve was studying physics and aerospace at the University of Hertfordshire to further his dream of becoming a pilot.
January 3 - Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44, was stabbed in Redbridge, east London. In June, Geanu Armeanu, her former partner, was jailed for 28 years for murder.
January 6 - Vijaykumar Patel, 49, was fatally “smashed” in the face by a 16-year-old boy after refusing to sell him cigarette papers. In July the teenager was convicted of manslaughter.
January 8 – Dad-of-four Daniel Frederick, 34, was knifed repeatedly by a group of teens in an unprovoked attack as he returned home from an appointment with his pregnant partner. Five teenagers were convicted and jailed over his death in October.
January 9 – Leslie Hebblewhite, 63, was stabbed by Eugeniusz Ciwinski, 32, at his Tottenham home and died in hospital. Ciwinski stole Mr Hebblewhite's bank card and went on to plunder his savings account. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 14 years in prison in July.
January 11 – Male model Harry Uzoka, 25, was stabbed in the heart by fellow model George Koh in Shepherd’s Bush. Koh was given a life sentence with a minimum of 25 years. Merse Dikanda was also found guilty of murder and jailed for at least 22 years, while Jonathan Okigbo was given a 14-year sentence for manslaughter.
January 28 - Yaya Mbye, 26, died in hospital after being stabbed in Stoke Newington.
January 31 - Lily-Mai Saint George, 11 weeks, was found unresponsive at home in Tottenham. She died in hospital three days later. A 20-year-old man and 21-year-old women were arrested on suspicion of murder in April.
January 31 – Dad-of-one Khader Saleh, 25, was stabbed to death at Wormwood Scrubs prison.
FEBRUARY
February 2 - Sayed Azim Khan, 49, was found dead in Ilford Cemetery having suffered extensive head injuries. He had last been seen at his home address on January 24 in Thamesmead.
February 3 – Hasan Ozcan, 19, was stabbed multiple times in a street in Barking and died at the scene.
February 3 - Kwabena Nelson, 23, a youth worker from Tottenham, died after being stabbed. In August, Neron Quartey, 21, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 26 years in prison.
February 4 - Juan Olmos Saca, 39, died after being stabbed in the chest in Peckham on the 29 January. He spent a week in hospital, but never recovered from his injuries.
February 4 – Little Alfie Lamb, 3, was found unresponsive at his home in Croydon and died three days later in hospital. In May, police charged three people in connection with his death.
February 5 - Hannah Leonard, 55, was stabbed in a flat in Camden on 5 February and was found dead several days later. In November Lucy Casey, 44, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for her murder.
February 11 – Italian teenager Sabri Chibani, 19, was murdered by his flatmate Ronny Padilla at their home in Streatham. In November he was sentenced to life with a minimum of 16 years imprisonment.
February 12 - Taxi driver Bulent Kabala, 41, was shot dead on a roundabout after getting out of his vehicle in Barnet, north London, in what was described by police as a "targeted hit".
February 13 - Saeeda Hussain, 54, was found with critical injuries at an address in Ilford, east London, and was pronounced dead shortly after.
February 14 - Lord Promise Nkenda, 17, was stabbed in Canning Town, east London, on Valentine's Day.
February 15 – Dad-of-one Mark Smith, 48, was found with multiple injuries at an address in Waltham Forest, east London, and pronounced dead a short time later. A 38-year old woman has been charged with murder.
February 18 - Lewis Blackman, 19, an aspiring rapper from Kentish Town, was stabbed 14 times outside Freddie Mercury’s former home in Kensington.
February 19 - Rotimi Oshibanjo, 26, was stabbed to death in Hanwell, west London.
February 20 - Sadiq Aadam Mohamed, 20, died after being stabbed in Camden.
February 20 – Just hours later Abdikarim Hassan, 17, was also hacked to death in Camden, outside a corner shop.
February 24 - Jozef Boci, 30, suffered serious head injuries after being attacked with a baseball bat on the street in Greenwich following a dispute inside the South Pole nightclub. Mr Boci, who was from Albania but living in Catford, was taken to hospital after the attack on February 17, but died a week later. Two men were convicted of his manslaughter in October.
February 27 - Amir Ellouzi, 24, from Victoria, was shot near the House of Parliament in Westminster on February 20 and died one week later.
MARCH
March 1 – Christopher Beaumont, 42, was stabbed to death by his brother at his mum’s house in Hammersmith. Stephen Blake, 32, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was later sentenced to indefinite detention under the Mental Health Act.
March 5 - Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira, 47, was found stabbed to death at her home in Twickenham, west London. Her husband and two sons were found dead in Birling Gap, Sussex, on the same day. The Met Police have also launched murder investigations into the deaths of the two boys.
March 5 - Kelva Smith, 20, was stabbed to death in South Norwood, south London. His aunt, Emma Long, said London’s issue with knife crime was “out of control”.
March 8 – Privately-educated Kelvin Odunuyi, 19, was shot dead outside a Vue Cinema in Wood Green. He was a rapper who performed under the name DipDat.
March 10 - Michael Boyle, 44 died from a single stab wound to the chest. He had been attacked on February 25.
March 12 - Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov, 68, was found dead at his home in New Malden, southwest London, in mysterious circumstances. Police later started a murder inquiry after giving his cause of death as "compression to the neck".
March 14 – Carpentry student Joseph William-Torres, 20, was shot dead in a car in Walthamstow. A 15-year-old schoolboy was later charged with his murder.
March 14 - Lyndon Davis, 18, was stabbed to death in Chadwell Heath. Five teens have been charged with murder.
March 16 - Naomi Hersi, 36, was found with stab wounds at a hotel near Heathrow Airport. She was found half-naked, partly covered by a rug on the hotel room's small bathroom floor. In November Jesse McDonald, 25, was jailed for 20 years for her murder.
March 17 - Russell Jones, 23, died after suffering from stab injuries and a gunshot wound in Enfield.
March 18 - Tyrone Silcott, 41, was stabbed to death on the towpath of the River Lea. Rowmando Lewis, 28, was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 21 years.
March 19 - Balbir Johal, 48, from Slough, was admitted to a hospital in west London suffering from stab wounds. He died a short time later. One man was later convicted of his murder, another of manslaughter.
March 19 - Jermaine Kevin Johnson, 41, was stabbed to death in Waltham Forest, east London.
March 20 - Beniamin Pieknyi, 20, from Milton Keynes, was knifed in the chest in an unprovoked attack while walking through the Stratford Centre. In November five men were jailed over the attack. His family have since moved back to Romania calling London a place where “if you say the wrong thing to the wrong person you could end up dead”.
March 24 – Julian Joseph, 36, was brutally attacked and killed on a bus in New Cross. Kirk Wright, 33, was sentenced to 19 years behind bars for the murder.
March 25 - Aspiring PhD student Abraham Badru, 26, was gunned down as he got out of a car near his family home in Hackney. The personal trainer won a police bravery award in 2009 for stopping a girl from being gang-raped.
March 26: David Potter, 50, was found with a stab injury to the neck at a residential address on Tooting High Street, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
March 26: Wieskaw Kopcynski, 59, was taken to hospital with blood gushing from his nose and later died from his injuries following a suspected assault in Barking.
March 28 - Malachi Brooks, 21, was found stabbed to death in Battersea, south west London. Three men were later convicted of arson after a car used by his attackers was set alight. No-one has been charged over his death.
March 29: Reece Tshoma, 23, was attacked and stabbed in Thamesmead, before being driven to hospital by a friend. He died from his injuries later the same evening.
March 30: Leyla Mtumwa, 36, was stabbed at an address in Haringey. In October Kema Salum, 39, was sentenced to 23 years in prison for her murder.
March 31: Ourania Lambrou, 80, died after being pushed over in Camden Road, north London. Harry Goodwin-Sims, 29, was jailed for six years for her manslaughter in September.
APRIL
April 1: Devoy Stapleton, 20, was stabbed after leaving a bar in Wandsworth on Easter Sunday.
April 2: Tanesha Melbourne, 17, was gunned down in Tottenham.
April 2: Amaan Shakoor, 16, became the youngest murder victim of the year so far when he was shot in an attack in Walthamstow, on the same evening.
April 4: Babatunde Akintayo Awofeso, 53, collapsed following a suspected fight in Clapton, north-east London.
April 4: Israel Ogunsola, 18, was stabbed near Homerton station in Hackney.
April 4 - Henry Vincent, 38, was stabbed at a house in Lewisham, reportedly while burgling the property. The 38-year-old was found collapsed in the street and died from his injuries a few hours later in hospital. Homeowner Richard Osborn-Brooks, 78, was arrested on suspicion of murder, but he was released without charge.
April 4 - Babatunde Akintayo Awofeso, 53, also known as Bobby, died outside a Betfred bookmakers in Clapton, following a suspected fight.
April 12: John Maclean, 35, was stabbed to death at a flat in the Isle of Dogs, east London.
April 15: Raul Chiriac, 26, who had a young baby, died when he was attacked at a flat in Colindale, north London.
April 15: Hotel worker Samantha Clarke, 38, was fatally stabbed at her home in Brixton.
April 15: Natasha Hill, 32, died from head injuries at a home in Abbey Wood, south-east London.
April 16: Law student Sami Sidhom, 18, died in Chestnut Avenue, Forest Gate, after he was stabbed as he walked home from a football match.
April 17: John Woodward, 47, was found dead at a building site in Hatton Garden. It was initially thought that he had suffered an accident, but police later opened a murder inquiry.
April 19: Aaron Springett, 32, was found collapsed near the Tube station in Morden. In November, Joseph Ankrah, 31, was sentenced to seven years in prison for his manslaughter.
April 21: Kwasi Anim-Boadu, 20, was stabbed in Finsbury Park.
MAY
May 1: Leon Maxwell, 38, was fatally shot outside Queensbury Tube station in Harrow.
May 5: Rhyhiem Ainsworth Barton, 17, was found with gunshot wounds in Southwark.
May 13: Onees Khatoon, 71, was found dead at her home in Hayes.
May 13: Lighting rigger Gerry Gaffney, 46, from Lambeth, was stabbed in the chest in Camberwell.
May 15: Osman Shidane, 20, was stabbed outside a cinema in Ruislip.
May 15: Rosina Coleman, 85, was found dead at her home in Romford. Paul Prause, a 65-year-old handyman, was later charged and convicted of her murder. He will serve 22 years in prison.
May 17: Abdulrahman Nassor Juma, 23, was stabbed in Barking.
May 20: Sri Lankan Arunesh Thangarajah, 28, was fatally stabbed in Mitcham.
May 20: Sophie Cavanagh, 31, was found dead at a flat in Bromley.
May 21: Marcel Campbell, 30, died when he was attacked with a knife outside an ice cream parlour in Upper Street, Islington.
May 24: A 61-year-old woman, who worked as a carer, died from head injuries after an alleged incident in Islington involving a 95-year-old dementia patient.
May 26: City of London Police launched a murder investigation after aspiring actor Bethany-Maria Beales fell from the 19th floor of an apartment block.
May 30: Delivery driver Mark Fontaine, 41, was fatally stabbed in Chelsea, just yards from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
May 31: Mark Tremain, 52, suffered facial injuries in a fight in Lambeth. He spent two weeks in hospital but died on June 14.
JUNE
June 1: Pregnant Andra Hilitanu, 28, died when she was attacked with a knife at her home in Brent.
June 9: Edmond Jonuzi, 35, was stabbed to death near Turnpike Lane Tube station.
June 9: Gitana Matukeviciene, 50, was found unconscious at her home in Rutland Road, Dagenham, and died three days later on June 12.
June 11: Joshua Boadu, 23, died from stab wounds after seeking help at a home in Lucey Way, Bermondsey. It is believed he was injured in a fight involving several men outside Helen Taylor House. The victim was taken to hospital but died on June 18.
June 23: Jordan Douherty, 15, was beaten and stabbed by 10 attackers near a community centre in Romford, east London. The aspiring rapper, who performed drill music under the name Young Valenti, was killed in seconds amid violent scenes after around 300 teenagers spilled on to the street from a 16th birthday party.
June 23: Gita Suri, 56, was found dead in the back garden of a house in Tunnel Avenue, Greenwich. She had been stabbed in the back. A 50-year-old man has been charged with her murder.
June 27: Ishak Tacine, 20, from Enfield, was stabbed after reports of a fight between men armed with baseball bats in Cavendish Road, Edmonton.
JULY
July 1: Shuren Ma, 72, died from a head injury at a home in Woolwich.
July 5: Kaltoun Saleh, 43, was taken to hospital with serious burns after emergency services attended a fire at a flat Finsbury Park. Saleh died from her injuries on August 21. A man found at the scene was treated for burns and was later charged with murder.
July 7: Janek Brackonecki, 57, was found dead in a car park off Leytonstone High Road, east London.
July 14: Katrina Makunova, 17, was stabbed in the chest in Camberwell. The aspiring beautician and humanitarian, who lived with her brother in Forest Hill, had been visiting a friend when she was killed. A 21-year-old man who was known to her has been charged with manslaughter.
July 25: Latwaan Griffiths, 18, from Southwark, was riding as a passenger on a moped when he was left in Camberwell with stab injuries. The driver fled while members of the public gave him first aid.
July 31: Sheila Thomas, 69, was murdered at a home in Herne Hill. A 73-year-old man was arrested and later charged with her murder.
AUGUST
August 1: Siddique Kamara, 23, who performed as drill rapper Incognito, was fatally stabbed in Camberwell. He came the second member of drill group Moscow17 to have been killed on Warham Street in three months.
August 2: A 50-year-old woman, died in a house fire on Dagenham. Police have not named her. A man was later charged with murder and arson with intent to endanger life.
August 5: Malik Chattun, 22, was fatally stabbed in a fight in Kingston-Upon-Thames in the early hours of the morning. Two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of murder and a 20-year-old woman was held on suspicion of assisting an offender.
August 7: Joel Urhie, seven, died in an arson attack at his home in Deptford, south-east London. His mother, 49, and 20-year-old sister managed to escape by jumping out of a window. Joel's mother said he was was the "sweetest most caring little boy you could ever meet".
August 15: Britain's Got Talent contestant Simonne Samantha Kerr, 31, was stabbed to death at her home in Battersea, south-west London.
August 17: Joseph Cullimore, 42, from Waltham Forest, was stabbed at a home in Chingford, east London.
August 17: Gary Amer, 63, was fixing a boiler at a home in Walworth, south-east London, when he was stabbed 30 times.
August 18: Leroy Junior Edwards, 66, was found stabbed at what police called a multi-occupancy address in Catford, south-east London. A woman - 29-year-old Kerry Donovan, of Southend-on-Sea Essex - was charged with murder.
August 22: Carole Harrison, 73, was found dead at an address in Teddington, when police were called to a fire in the early hours of the morning. A post-mortem examination revealed she had injuries consistent with assault although an official cause of death has not yet been established.
August 25: Shevaun Sorrell, 22, was found with multiple stab wounds in Deptford, south-east London. He was pronounced dead in hospital less than an hour later. Dana Powell, 27, of Deptford, was charged with murder.
August 31: Celia Levitt, 68, was found unresponsive after police forced entry into an address in Bromley in the early hours of the morning. She was pronounced dead at the scene and a 36-year-old man at the address was arrested on suspicion of murder.
SEPTEMBER
September 3: Ismail Tanrikulu, 22, was found shot dead in Tottenham Cemetery.
September 6: Memunatu Warne, 46, was found dead at a townhouse in Woolwich, following a suspected arson attack.
September 18: Ali Al Har, 25, was stabbed to death in Islington.
September 21: Kanagusabi Ramathan, 75, died from head injuries at his home in Newham, east London.
September 22: DJ Elyon Poku, 20, was stabbed at an 18th birthday party in Stamford Hill, north London.
September 22: Guled Farah, 19, died in a drive-by shooting in Waltham Forest, east London.
September 24: Sandra Zmijan, 32, was found in the back garden of a home in Hayes, west London, with fatal head injuries.
OCTOBER:
October 11: Student Hashim Ali Ahmed, 22, was shot while sitting in the passenger seat of a car in Uxbridge Road, Hillingdon.
October 12: Keen footballer Moses Mayele, 23, died on his birthday when he was stabbed in Redbridge.
October 17: Ian Tomlin, 46, was fatally assaulted outside his flat in Wandsworth, south London.
October 22: Nazia Ali, 25, died at a home in Tower Hamlets, east London.
October 22: Ethan Nedd-Bruce, 18, died after he was shot outside a party at a flat in Greenwich, south-east London. He had also been stabbed, but the gunshot wound was the cause of death.
October 25: Sheiku Adams, 49, fell from a window and died after a break-in by armed burglars at a third floor flat in Camden.
October 26: Martin Welsh, 47, was stabbed at a house in Barnet.
October 31: Dad-of-one Rocky Djelal, 38, was stabbed to death at lunchtime in Rotherhithe, in what is believed to have been a targeted attack by a masked killer.
NOVEMBER:
November 1: Jay Hughes, 15, died when he was attacked outside a chicken shop in Bellingham, south-east London.
November 2: Malcolm Mide-Madariola, 17, was knifed in broad daylight outside Clapham South Tube station in south London, near where he studied.
November 4: Ayodeji Habeeb Azeez, 22, from Dagenham, was stabbed in Anerley, south London.
November 5: John Ogunjobi, 16, died in front of his parents after he was stabbed in Tulse Hill.
November 12: Devi Unmathallegadoo, 35, known as Sana Muhammad, was reportedly shot with a crossbow at her home in Ilford while eight months pregnant. Her unborn baby was delivered by emergency Caesarian section and is in a "stable condition". A 50-year-old man has been charged with murder.
November 12: Tanseen Sheikh, 62, was found dead at an address in Balham, south west London. Her husband, Naseer Khan, 66, was charged with murder.
November 17: Carl Whitehead, 58, found dead from "blunt force trauma" at his home in Teddington. Two men, 37 and 52, were arrested on suspicion of murder.
November 17: A 75-year-old woman was stabbed to death at her home in Peckham, south London. A 55-year-old man has been charged with murder.
November 24: Dad-of-two Zakaria Abukar Sharif-Ali, 26, was stabbed to death in Shoreditch following a night out.
DECEMBER:
December 4: Maureen Whale, 77, collapsed while on the phone to police as burglars raided her house in Barnet. Post-mortem tests found she died from coronary heart disease brought on by the stress of the incident. Her death is being treated as manslaughter.
December 8: Aron Walker, 18, was found with fatal stab wounds in Greenwich, South East London.
December 11: Jay Sewell, 18, from Kent, died in in a south London hospital. He had been injured in South East London.
December 18: Richard Odunze-Dim, 20, was shot in Edmonton, North London.
December 22: Wilham Mendes, 25, a Portuguese amateur boxer, was stabbed to death in Tottenham, in North London.