Crime. Murders in Britain April 29- May 5

Sunday 29

Hayling Island, south. Male, 17. Stabbed.
Bootle, Liverpool. Man, 43. Beaten.
Exeter, west. Boy, 4. Stabbed.

Monday 30. Man (eccentric) 66. Beaten. Wigan, nr Manchester

Tuesday 1 May
Gorton, Manchester 18. Black girl, 12, shot by brother, 16.
Town centre, Nottingham. Man, 40, stabbed. 16 y.u. arrested

Wen. 2d Newcastle. Male, 16, holder of ASBO, stabbed by two youths.

Thurs 3d
Llanelli, Wales. Female, 16. 2 arrests
Lewisham, SE 6. Man, 24, shot.

Friday 4th
East Yorkshire. Female, 26. 2 accused.
Sheffield, S. Yorkshire. Man, 36.
Stafford, Midlands. Man, 24.

Saturday 5/5
Croydon, S. London. 2 children, 5 months & 4 years. African woman, 23, detained under Mental Health Act. Police have yet to explain what happened. Family from Ivory Coast, W. Africa.

Derry/Doire, Ulster. Man, 42, killed by gang.
Islington, N.1. Asian taxi-driver, 41, killed by 2 passengers.

Total currently 16. This is average for a week. There are 800 murders a year.

Male 12. Female 4.
England 14. Wales 1. Ulster 1. Scotland 0.
White 12. Black 3. Asian 1.

Noticeably there were no killings associated with young black gangs, which have alarmed newspaper readers earlier in the year.