United Kingdom Crime Cases - Links to cases on Websleuths *No Discussion* #2

[Luwin]

Thread 'UK - Aria Thorpe, age 9, murdered by teenager, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, 15 December 2025'

Dec 17, 2025

A 15-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of a nine-year-old girl.

Police earlier named the victim as Aria Thorpe, who was found dead at a house in Lime Close, Weston-super-Mare, on Monday evening.

The teenage accused, who cannot be named due to his age, appeared at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Wednesday and spoke only to confirm his name and address.

Weston-super-Mare stabbing: Teen charged with murder of girl, 9

Aria Thorpe's family say the nine-year-old was "bubbly" and loved country music.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Thread 'UK - Daughter charged with murder of mother Lorna Nightingale after both previously disappeared and were found, London - 11 Dec 2025'

Dec 19, 2025

I think the thread for when they originally disappeared from Suffolk / Colchester and were subsequently found has gone, but a sad update today:

Daughter charged with murder after mother found dead in east London

Lorna Nightingale, 70, disappeared from Lowestoft in Suffolk in February

uk.news.yahoo.com

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[Rikissa]

Thread 'UK - Elvis Palla found dead in flat, Edinburgh, 13 December 2025 *Arrest*'

Dec 19, 2025

Man found dead in Edinburgh flat

This was a few days ago.

They've arrested and charged a chap called Christos Nikiforidis for murder. The victim and the suspect are both Greek, as far as I can tell.

I have some loose connections to the Greek community in Edinburgh and I can't quite shake the feeling that the victim seems somewhat familiar, sadly.

Does anyone have any further info, especially if you're from the area? Very curious to see a pic of the accused but there seems to be nothing out there.

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UK Thread 'UK- Judith Silver (Gold), 51, financial adviser, battered to death, Old Brewery Mews,150 yards from her home, Hampstead, High Street, 20 Oct., 2020.'

Dec 23, 2025

2016

Mews murder victim's family: Bellfield probe could bring us closure

The family of a financier whose murder has been linked to serial killer Levi Bellfield today welcomed any fresh inquiry into her death amid fears he may be responsible for up to 25 other unsolved crimes.

www.standard.co.uk

''The family of a financier whose murder has been linked to serial killer Levi Bellfield today welcomed any fresh inquiry into her death amid fears he may be responsible for up to 25 other unsolved crimes.
Judith Silver, 51, was found battered to death in a mews just 150 yards from her home in Hampstead High Street in October 1990 and despite a major police inquiry no-one was charged with the killing.

Now nine police forces across the UK...

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[RobinCAL]

Identified! Thread 'UK - Human remains found in woodland in West Yorkshire, 15th January 2026 *Kevin Judge - reported missing April 2013*'

Jan 15, 2026

Police were called to a site between Emley and Clayton West on Wednesday after a caller reported finding what appeared to be bones while clearing a patch of waste ground.

West Yorkshire Police said forensic specialists had confirmed the bones to be human, adding that it was "believed they have been there for some time".

Human remains found in West Yorkshire woodland

A police cordon is in place in Kiln Lane, which sits between Huddersfield and Wakefield.

www.bbc.co.uk

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UK Thread 'UK-Bruce Roger Gapper,40, lorry driver,#3753DMUK,last seen leaving the Frontier nightclub, Batley, his abandoned car had fire damage,14 March1999.'

Jan 15, 2026

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=3753dmuk

3753DMUK - Bruce Roger Gapper​

Name: Bruce Roger Gapper
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: March 14, 1999
Location Last Seen: Batley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Physical...​

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[Luwin]

GUILTY Thread 'UK - Mandy Wixon found guilty of keeping a woman as slave for 25 years (1996 - 2021) Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire - arrest 15 March 2021'

Jan 22, 2026

Woman guilty of keeping slave for 25 years in Tewkesbury

The victim had bleach splashed on her and her head shaved against her will by Mandy Wixon.

www.bbc.co.uk

A woman has been found guilty of keeping another woman with learning difficulties captive for 25 years and using her as a slave.

Mother-of-10 Mandy Wixon, 56, made the vulnerable woman clean her squalid and overcrowded home in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and forced her to live off scraps.

Washing-up liquid would be squirted down the victim's throat, bleach splashed on her face, and she had her head repeatedly shaved against her will.

At Gloucester Crown Court, Judge Ian Lawrie said there was a "Dickensian quality" to the...

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UK Thread 'UK-Larry Burt,56,artist, Red Cross worker, strangled w. scarf, bike/camera/wallet/binoculars stolen, @warehouse yard, St Katharine's Way, 27 Feb.,1994'

Jan 22, 2026

List of unsolved murders in the United Kingdom (1990s) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

February 1994

Larry Burt

Wapping, London

''56-year-old Burt, an artist, quality controller and Red Cross employee from Ramsgate in Kent, was strangled to death with a scarf in the yard
of a warehouse in St Katharine's Way, Wapping. The scarf, which did not belong to him, was found at the scene along with his body, but his

bicycle, binoculars, wallet, rucksack and camera were missing. Burt had caught a train from Ramsgate to...

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Found Deceased Thread 'UK - Alexander Key, 37, chef & partner of Mick Jagger's granddaughter, last seen in Boscastle, Cornwall, 23 Jan 2026'

Jan 26, 2026

Sir Mick Jagger's family is at the centre of a desperate search for his granddaughter Assisi Jackson's long-term partner, who has gone missing in Cornwall.

Alexander Key, a 37-year-old chef, who has two children with Assisi, 33, was last seen in Boscastle last Friday afternoon.

He was reported missing to Devon and Cornwall Police on Saturday evening, prompting an urgent public appeal.

This morning, Assisi's mother, jewellery designer Jade Jagger, 54, took to social media to share the police appeal with her followers, posting images of Alexander.

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Thread 'UK - Isabel Cook, found dead Camden September 2005 - new evidence found Jan 2026'

Feb 2, 2026

What happened to Isabel? Birth certificate of mystery death woman ‘found in shaman swindler's flat'

New questions asked over Juliette D'Souza fraud case

www.camdennewjournal.co.uk

'A “WITCH doctor” who conned hundreds of thousands of pounds out of vulnerable people with promises of healing has been linked for the first time to the mystery of a young woman found dead in Belsize Park.

The connection between Juliette D’Souza, who was jailed for fraud in 2014, and Isabel Cook was made in the BBC documentary The Million Pound Shaman Scam – following the investigations of Sunday Times journalist Tim Rayment.

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UK Thread 'UK- Michelle Bettles, 22, Mom of 3, SW, last seen, red light district of Norwich, found strangled, Rush Meadow Road, Easter weekend, 29 March, 2002.'

Feb 8, 2026

https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/norfolk/news/unsolved-cases/MichelleBettles/

29/03/2002
''Michelle Bettles was 22 years old when she was murdered. Michelle operated as a street prostitute and was last seen in the red light district of Norwich during the early hours of Thurs 28 and Fri 29 March 2002 Easter weekend.

Original Investigation

Michelle unusually had not kept a pre-arranged appointment with a regular client of hers. They had arranged to meet close to her home address in the Dereham Road area of Norwich but she never kept the appointment.

CCTV footage...

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[Rikissa]

A British woman killed in the US, inquest in UK.

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Thread 'TX/UK - The death of Lucy Harrison (23), shot dead by her father when visiting from UK, Prosper (Dallas), 10 January 2025'

Feb 14, 2026

Article from 10 February 2026:
A British inquest is taking place in the death of Lucy Harrison in the US.

A British woman who was shot dead by her father while visiting his home in Texas had argued with him about US President Donald Trump earlier that day, an inquest has heard.

Police in the town investigated the 23-year-old's death as possible manslaughter but no criminal case was brought against Kris Harrison after a grand jury in Collin County declined to indict him.Police in the town investigated the 23-year-old's death as possible manslaughter but no criminal case was...

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UK Thread 'UK-Sandra Court, 29, last seen exiting taxi, Bournemouth, found strangled, clothed, no shoes, in a ditch, Avon Causeway, 3 May,1986, *Re-opened*.'

Feb 16, 2026

16 Feb 2026

Chilling discovery after woman's body found strangled in ditch

Police have launched a new investigation after Sandra Court was last seen in Bournemouth in the early hours of May 3, 1986 - the day QE2 crew member Wright had docked 30 miles away in Southampton

www.mirror.co.uk

''Police have launched a new investigation after Sandra Court was last seen in Bournemouth in the early hours of May 3, 1986 - the day QE2 crew member Wright had docked 30 miles away in Southampton''​

''It now appears that QE2 crew member Wright had docked 30 miles away in Southampton in the hours before the murder. The Queen Mother had lunch on board the ship later that day to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the liner's maiden voyage. Records show the QE2 departed on...

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[dotr]

https://websleuths.com/threads/uk-t...ol-20-feb-2026-call-999.767786/#post-19747245

 

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UK Thread 'UK- Vitoria Barreto,30, Brazilian visitor, psychologist, last @Uof E, heading to Brightlingsea Harbour,Essex,3 March, 2026,*‘emergency ping’ from sea*'

Mar 8, 2026

Verifying Device

8 Mar 2026
''FEARS are growing for a missing psychologist last seen five days ago near an Essex harbour as police admit they are “very concerned” for her wellbeing.

Cops and friends of Brazilian Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto have launched appeals for information about the 30-year-old who had been visiting Britain to investigate the possibility of starting a doctorate.''

'She is understood to have been staying with a female friend living in Colchester and maintained contact with a...

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[RobinCAL]

Thread 'UK - Dead body of a man found in wheelie bin in park, Coventry, 13th March 2026 *id'd Thomas Niven (37)* *arrests*'

Mar 14, 2026

The dead body of a man has been found in a wheelie bin in a park in Coventry, said police.

An urgent appeal has been issued by the force, who believe the man was hit by a car before being moved to Cash's Park off Daimler Road at 17:00 GMT on Friday.

A member of the public found the man, who is believed to have been aged between 40 and 50 years old.

He was found in a Coventry City Council bin with a green lid, said West Midlands Police, who are working with the council to find out where the bin has been moved from.
Officers are trying to establish who the man is, and where and how...

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[dotr]

https://websleuths.com/threads/uk-e...rom-derry-23-march-2026.769736/#post-19781129

 

[RobinCAL]

Thread 'UK - Arrest after car strikes 7 pedestrians in Derby, 28th March 2026'

Mar 28, 2026

A man has been arrested after a car struck "multiple" pedestrians in Derby city centre on Saturday evening, police say.

A "number" of people were injured, some of them seriously, and were treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to hospital.

Arrest after car strikes 'multiple' pedestrians in Derby city centre - police

Derbyshire police says that the incident occurred in the city's centre at approximately 21:30 on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Thread 'UK - Chloe Watson, 16, murder inquiry opened, Austhorpe, Leeds, 28 March 2026 *arrests*'

Mar 29, 2026

West Yorkshire Police said officers attended Kennerleigh Avenue, Austhorpe, at 05:55 GMT on Saturday after a young woman was found unconscious in the street. [...]

Police said the victim was about 5ft 2ins (1.57m) tall, of slim build with tanned skin.

The force believed the woman was in her mid to late teens, with green eyes and brown hair, with darker roots and blond ends. She also had fixed metal braces to her upper and lower teeth.

Murder inquiry launched after young woman dies in Leeds

Police say a young woman was found unconscious on Kennerleigh Avenue in Leeds on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

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[Tortoise]

UK Thread 'UK - Suspected Arson, Dr Sabah Usmani and her five children, Harlow, Essex, 15 October 2012'

Apr 2, 2026

Police investigating a suspected arson attack that killed a woman and her five children have made a direct appeal to an anonymous letter-writer who they believe could hold "key information".

Dr Sabah Usmani and her children – Hira, 12; Sohaib, 11; Muneeb, nine; Rayyan, six; and Maheen, three – died in the fire at their home in Harlow in October 2012.

Det Ch Insp Louise Metcalfe, leading the Essex Police investigation, said the author of the anonymous handwritten letter to officers "seemed reticent of coming forward but couldn't bear the nightmare of knowing what they knew".

She...

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