24 May 1908 - Sam Giancana is born23 September 1933 - Marries Angeline ‘Ange’ De Tolve1943 - Released from prison after ten years1957 - Heads Chicago Outfit1960 - Supports JFK’s Presidential election1966 - Forced to step down as head of Chicago Outfit1967-74 - Exiled in Cuernavaca, Mexico19 June 1975 - Assassinated at his home in Oak Park, Illinois
24 December 1969 Stephen Griffiths is born1989 Griffiths is convicted of possessing an air pistol1991 He is diagnosed by a psychiatrist as a ‘sadistic, schizoid, psychopath’. But he can’t be sectioned1992 He receives a two year prison sentence for affray and possession of an offensive weapon after holding a knife to the throat of a young girl for no apparent reason1993 Griffiths is put on probation for possessing a knife in public and given a suspended prison sentence for possessing two air pistols
January 2009 Griffiths is convicted of harassment22 June 2009 Susan Rushworth, 43, last seen in Manningham, disappears. Her remains are never found26 April 2010 Shelley Armitage, 31, last seen on Rebecca St, disappears28 April 2010 Police establish that at around 1am, Griffiths murders Shelley Armitage21 May 2010 Suzanne Blamires, 36, disappears24 May 2010 Caretaker. Peter Gee, checks CCTV footage. Griffiths is arrested28 May 2010 Stephen Griffiths gives his name to the magistrate as ‘the crossbow cannibal’16 July 2010 Griffiths appears by video link. His trial date is still to be set21 December 2010 Griffiths pleads guilty to all three counts of murder at Leeds Crown Court (The trial is one of the first times that reporters, who are not allowed to take photos or record sound, were allowed to tweet from the courtroom.)22 January 2012 Griffiths is on suicide watch when he attempts to slash his wrists with a smuggled razor blade. He fails in his sixth attempt
23 May 1990 - Unterweger’s first release from prison15 September 1990 - Blanka Bockova’s body found in Prague20 May 1992 - Austrian police become suspicious of Unterweger27 February 1992 - FBI arrest Unterweger in California28 May 1992 - Unterweger deported to AustriaJune 1994 - Trial begins in Graz, Austria29 June 1994 - Unterweger commits suicide
23 December 1874 - Sir Harry Oakes born in Sangerville, Maine 1918 - Oakes discovers gold at Lake Shore, Canada 30 June 1923 - Oakes marries Eunice MacIntyre 8 July 1943 - Oakes murdered at his Nassau home 18 October 1943 - Trial of Freddie de Marigny begins in Bahamas 12 November 1943 - Jury deliver not guilty verdict
22nd June 1930 - Charles Lindbergh Jr born 1st March 1932 - Kidnapping 1st March 1932 - First ransom note 4th March 1932 - Second Ransom Note 9th March 1932 - Third Ransom Note 12th March 1932 - First contact with kidnappers 2nd April 1932 - Ransom delivery 12th May 1932 - Body foundBruno Richard Hauptmann: 26th November 1899 - Born 19th September 1934 - Arrested 2nd January 1935 - Trial 14th February 1935 - Convicted 3rd April 1936 - Execute
22/8/1961: A6 murders takes place 24/8/1961: Gun found at the back of 36A bus in London 11/10/1961: Hanratty caught and arrested while fleeing to Blackpool 22/1/1962: Trial of Hanratty begins at Bedford 4/4/1962: Hanratty hanged at Bedford Prison
22 June 1903 - John Dillinger born in Indianapolis6 September 1924 - Dillinger’s first crime. Assault on grocery owner22 May 1933 - Dillinger paroled from Indiana State Reformatory after nine years22 September 1933 - Dillinger helps 10 fellow prisoners escape from Indiana State prison12 October 1933 - Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley and Russell Clark paid a visit a visit to the Lima jail, before they left they had freed Dillinger and murdered the Sheriff15 January 1934 - Officer Patrick O’Malley shot and killed by Dillinger25 January 1934 - Dillinger, Pierpont, Makley and Clark are arrested in TucsonApril 1934 - Dillinger receives Public Enemy Number One accolade27 May 1934 - Dillinger undergoes plastic surgery25 January 1934 - Dillinger arrested second time22 July 1934 - Dillinger shot and killed outside Biograph cinema in Chicago
21/1/1899: Dr John Bodkin Adams born in Eastbourne 13/11/1949: Mrs Edith Morrell dies, supposedly of natural causes 23/7/1956: Gertrude Hullett dies 1/10/1956: Dr Adams arrested under suspicion of causing deaths March 1957: Trial takes place 15/4/1957: Dr Adams acquitted 4/7/1983: Dr Adams dies in Eastbourne.
20th November 1963 J F Kennedy begins party presidential campaign in Dallas22nd November 1963 JF Kennedy assassinated while driving in motorcade down Elm St, Dallas, USA24th November 1963 Jack Ruby shoots and kills Oswald Harvey in basement of Dallas police headquarters29th November 1963 The Warren Commission is set up to investigate the assassination9th December 1963 FBI reports to Warren Commission its findings that three bullets were fired by OswaldSeptember 1964 Warren Commission concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald was lone assassin who shot J F Kennedy with three bullets1981 Michael Eddowes, a British writer, and Marina Oswald have Lee Harvey Oswald’s body exhumed
20 July 1924 – Born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts Early 1943 - Moved to Vallejo, California, age 19 Mid 1943 - Moved to Los Angeles 23 September 1943 - Arrested in Santa Barbara for underage drinking 31 December 1944 – Met Major Matthew M. Gordon Jr. 14 August 1945 – Received news of Major Gordon’s death May to October 1946 - Lived in Mark Hansen’s home on several occasions July 1946 – Returned to Southern California to be near Joseph Gordon Fickling 13 November to 15 December 1946 – Livied in Hollywood with eight young women Early January 1947 – Was asked to leave the family with whom she was staying 8 January 1947 – Fickling received letter from Short 9 January 1947 – Last seen alive by Robert Manley 15 January 1947 – Short’s body discovered 24 January 1947 – Anonymous package containing Short’s belongings mailed to the Examiner newspaper 25 January 1947 – Short’s handbag and one of her shoes found in a dumpster
2 September 1946 (White born) 27 November 1978 (White shot Moscone and Milk) 21 May 1979 (White found guilty of voluntary manslaughter) 21 May 1979 (The White Night Riots) 6 January 1984 (White paroled) 21 October 1985 (White committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
2 June 2012Early morning - David Bird (Derrick Bird’s twin brother) is shot in his bed at his home in Lamplugh.10.20am - Kevin Commons the Bird’s family solicitor is shot in his driveway at his home in Frizington.10.32am - Darren Rewcastle is shot in Whitehaven along with another taxi driver.10.55am – Susan Hughes and Kenneth Fishburn are gunned down near Egremont.11.02am - James and Jennifer Jackson are shot and murdered. Isaac Dixon becomes Bird’s eighth victim.11.20am – In Gosforth Gary Purdham an ex-rugby player is shot at while trimming hedges at a farm.11.29am – Bird arrives in Seascale and shoots dead Jamie Clark, Michael Pike and Jane Robinson.13.35pm – Nearly two hours later the body of Derrick Bird is discovered near Penny Hill Farm in Boot along with his rifle.1 March 2011 – Inquest into the Cumbria killings opens
1994 Breivik is confirmed into the Lutheran Church of Norway2000 Breivik decides now is the time to act and rid Norway of Multiculturalism22 July 20113.26pm A bomb goes off in Oslo close to the Government Buildings. Eight people are killed and hundreds more are injured4.57pm Breivik arrives at Utoeya Island6.25pm SWAT team arrives at Utoeya Island6.27pm Breivik surrenders. He’s murdered 69 people and injured 33 in less than 90mins25 July 2011 Breivik is charged with two counts of terrorism under Norwegian law14 April 2012 Breivik’s trial begins
24 August 2012 Breivik is found guilty. The court declares him to be sane and he is sentenced to 21 years imprisonment
1992 Angela Campochiaro, then 23, has a 10cm lock of hair cut from her head in a cinema in Italy, one of a number of women in Restivo’s home town in Italy who complain of being targeted in this way.12 September 1993 Elisa Claps, 16, goes missing after meeting Restivo at the church of the Most Holy Trinity in Potenza, Italy.March 1995 Restivo convicted in Italy of giving false information to prosecutor over an injury to his hand sustained on the day Elisa Claps disappeared. He was given a two-year sentence. As short sentences in Italy are suspended, Restivo did not spend any time behind bars.May 2002 Restivo arrives in Bournemouth to live with a woman he met on the internet. He moves into the house opposite Heather Barnett's home.12 November 2002 Heather Barnett is found murdered in her home.2002-2004 Restivo cuts the hair of 15 women and girls in the Bournemouth area.March 2004 Police put Restivo under surveillance. He is observed by police acting as a stalker. Assorted weapons and a balaclava were found in his belongings.2008 Police re-examine forensic evidence from a blood- stained towel found at the murder scene. DNA sample found and linked to Restivo, but it is still not strong enough to charge him.March 2010 Elisa Claps' body is found beneath a pile of tiles in a loft in the Most Holy Trinity church in Potenza.May 2010 Restivo charged with Heather Barnett's murder.June 2011 Restivo convicted of Heather Barnett's murder and given a life sentence.Nov 2011 A judge in Italy finds Restivo guilty of the murder of Elisa Clapps in 1993. He is given a 30 year sentence.
1986: Robert Napper is fined and given a conditional discharge after being found in possession of an airgun.
March 1992: Napper tries to rape a 17-year-old girl. Eight days later, he sexually assaults another teenage girl at knifepoint.
May 1992: Napper grabs a 22-year-old mother pushing her two-year-old daughter in a buggy along the Green Chain Walk in broad daylight. He strangles, batters and rapes her.
July 1992: Napper murders Rachel Jane Nickell. The only witness is her two-year-old son.
August 1993: Police interview Napper after a couple complain about him spying on a young blonde in her flat. The officers’ notes read "Subject strange, abnormal, should be considered as a possible rapist, indecency type suspect."
September 1993: Police first arrest Colin Stagg.
November 1993: Robert Napper rapes and murders 28-year-old Samantha Bisset, and Jazmine, her four-year-old daughter.
May 1994: Napper is placed under police surveillance.
September 1994: The case against Colin Stagg collapses as Mr Justice Ognall condemns the "honey trap" as "deceptive conduct of the grossest kind".
October 1995: Napper admits manslaughter due to diminished responsibility.
1998: ‘Lizzie James’, the undercover detective, now 33, takes early retirement.
2001: ‘Lizzie James’, the undercover detective receives £125,000 from the Met in an out of court settlement. Alex Hanscombe, Rachel’s son, receives just £90,000 from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
September 2003: New DNA profiling matches Napper to the Nickell killing
Summer 2007: Colin Stagg receives a record compensation payment of £700,000 from the Home Office
December 2008: Robert Napper pleads guilty to Nickell’s murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. For the first time, the Met police apologise to Colin Stagg when assistant commissioner John Yates writes to him and makes a public statement of regret.
June 2009: The Independent Police Complaints Commission release a damning report concluding that the Met had missed many opportunities to stop Napper before he killed Rachel.
2010: Andre and Alex Hanscombe lodge a complaint over the Met’s failure to capture Napper with the European Court of Human Rights.
2011: Alex Hanscombe gives his first ever interview to the press. The little boy whose earliest memories are of seeing his mother murdered, and who has spent the rest of his life abroad as a result, comes across as a young man remarkably lacking in self pity, bitterness, or the need for revenge.
1974 - Pistone was transferred to New York and assigned to the truck hijacking squad of the FBI.1976 - Pistone successfully infiltrated New York's Bonanno Mafia family.12 July 1979 - head of the Bonanno family, Carmine Galante, was shot dead.30 August 1981 - the FBI arrest Ruggiero.12 August 1982 - Napolitano found dead in a creek on Staten Island.1986 - 'Brasco' retired from the FBIThanksgiving Day 1995 - Ruggiero dies of cancer in his New York home.
1967: Berkowitz’s adopted mother dies 1971: Joins the army December 1975: First assaults with a knife on two girls 29/7/1976: Berkowitz’s first victim killed by 22-calibre handgun 23/10/1976: 2nd shooting (Carl Denaro) 26/11/1976: 3rd shooting (Donna DeMasi/Joanne Lumino) 30/1/1977: 4th shooting (Christine Freund/John Diel) 8/3/1977: 5th shooting (Virginia Voskerichian) 17/4/1977: 6th shooting (Valentina Suriani/Alexander Esau) 26/6/1977: 7th shooting (Judy Placido/Sal Lupo) 31/7/77: 8th shooting (Stacy Moskowitz/Bobby Violante) 10/8/1977: Berkowitz arrested. Pleads guilty at trial
1958 John Sweeney is born in Merseyside1976 Sweeney marries Anne BramleyMid 1980’s After getting divorced Sweeney moves to London and meets Melissa Halstead1990 Melissa moves to Amsterdam. Sweeney follows her1990 Melissa Halstead is murdered. Her dismembered body is later found in a Rotterdam canal1990 Sweeney moves back to London
1994 Sweeney goes on the run after trying to kill ex-girlfriend Delia Balmer2000 Sweeney returns to London. He starts a relationship with Paula FieldsJan 2001 Paula Fields reported missing2001 Sweeney is arrested for attack on Delia BalmerFeb 2001 Paula Fields’ dismembered body is discovered in Regent's Canal, London2008 Melissa Halstead’s remain are identifiedApril 2011 Sweeney receives a life tariff for the murders of Paula Fields and Melissa Halstead
1958 Steve Wright is born 1978 Wright marries Angela O'Donovan 1980’s Wright starts using prostitutes 2001 Wright convicted of theft and his DNA put on the UK national database Sept 2006 Wright moves to Ipswich with his partner, he lives in the red light area 1 Nov 2006 Tania Nicol's mother reports her missing 15 Nov 2006 Gemma Adams is reported missing by her boyfriend 2 Dec 2006 Gemma Adams’ body is discovered 4 Dec 2006 Police formally launch a murder inquiry 8 Dec 2006 Tania Nicols’ body is found 10 Dec 2006 Anneli Alderton is found in woods at Nacton 12 Dec 2006 Two bodies are found, later confirmed to be Paula Clennelll & Annette Nicholl 16 Dec 2006 Police confirm Anneli Alderton was three months pregnant when she was killed 19 Dec 2006 Steve Wright is arrested 21 Dec 2006 Wright is charged all five murders 21 Feb 2008 Steve Wright is found guilty of the murders of all five women. He was sentenced to life imprisonment the day after
1955 - Branch Davidian Sect established
30 June 1992 - Tip off to the 'Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives'
25 August 1993 - Arrest warrant issued
28 February 1993 - First raid
19 April 1993 - Second raid
10 January 1994 - Trial of Branch Davidians
24 February 1994 - Conviction of Branch Davidians
17 June 1994 - Sentencing of Branch Davidians
9 September 1999 - Special Prosecutor appointed
6 February 2001 - Special Prosecutor’s office closed wrongful death suit
18 June 2000 - Trial
14 July 2000 - Verdict
20 September 2000 - Case dismissed
1951 Hardy is born in Staffordshire1972 He marries Judith Dwight and has four children. The family move to Australia
1982 Hardy is arrested for trying to drown his wife. Charges are later dropped
1986 The marriage breaks down and Hardy returns to London alone
1990’s Hardy moves between hostels
1995 Hardy is sent to a psychiatrist hospital
1998 Hardy is arrested for an assault on a prostitute. The charges are dropped
1999/2000 Hardy moves into a flat in Royal College Street in Camden, north London
Jan 2002 Police are called in to investigate an attack at Hardy’s neighbour flat. They find the body of prostitute Sally White. The pathologist deems the cause of death as natural causes.
March 2002 Hardy is sent to St Luke’s psychiatric hospital in north London after a dispute with a neighbour
Nov 2002 Hardy is released is from hospital when doctors say he is no danger to public.
Dec 2002 The dismembered body parts of Bridgette MacClennan and Elizabeth Valad are discovered
Dec 2002 Police find Elizabeth Valad’s torso in Hardy’s London flat
Jan 2003 Police arrest Hardy at Great Ormond Street hospital in London
Nov 2003 Hardy’s trial begins. He changes his plea to guilty for all three murders24 Nov 2003 Hardy is found guilty on all charges and given a life sentence
May 2010 Mr Justice Keith orders that Hardy will die in prison
August 2012 Freddy Patel, the pathologist who examined the body of Sally White, is struck off by the GMC
1949 - Joseph Alexander Peel becomes a lawyer1953 - Peel publicly reprimanded by Judge Curtis E Chillingworth1955 - Peel misinforms a client that her divorce was finalised14th June 1955 - murder of Judge Curtis E Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie1959 - Peel quits as a judge and resigns from the Bar1st October 1960 - Holzapfel arrested after secret recordingNovember 1960 - Peel arrested30th March 1961 - Peel found guilty of accessory to murder1962 - Lincoln released and converts to Islam1979 - Peel paroled1982 - Peel dies from cancer1996 - Holzapfel dies in prisonMay 2004 - Lincoln dies
1924 - Roy Fontaine born1977 - Released from prison and finds work for Lady Margaret HudsonNovember 1977 - Fontaine begins working for Walter Scott-Elliot and his wife Dorothy1997 - Killings take placeJanuary 1978 - Fontaine and Kitto stay at a hotel in North Berwick. Owner calls police18 January 1978 - Fontaine's failed suicide bidMay 1978 - Fontaine trial in Edinburgh1999 - Fontaine writes autobiography2002 - Fontaine dies in Kingston Prison, Portsmouth aged 78
18 February 1949 Gary Leon Ridgway is born7 July 1982 Waitress Amina Agisheff, 36, leaves work for home. But she will never see her children. Some suspect she becomes Gary Ridgway’s first victim. Others believe her stable relationship, her job, and her age mean she’s too atypical of his usual victimology. 8 July 1982 Gary Ridgway, now in his mid 30s, kills Wendy Coffield, 16, a runaway.August 1982 Debra Estes, 15, files a report with the police stating a man in a blue and white pick-up truck who offered her a lift but then pulled a pistol and forced her to give him oral sex.15 August 1982 The bodies of Opal Mills, 16, Cynthia Hinds, 17 and Marcia Chapman, 31 are discovered. All have been strangled and sexually assaulted. The hunt for a serial killer begins.30 April 1983 Marie Malvar is seen arguing with Ridgway. When police later question him, he persuades them he’s never met her. Her body will not be found till 2003.8 May 1983 The body of Carol Ann Christensen is found. Her head is covered by a brown paper bag. When removed, a fish sits arranged on her neck. DNA traces on her body will eventually tie Ridgway to her killing.10 March 1985 The body of Carrie Rois is discovered. She was just 15.1987 Ridgway takes a polygraph test and passes. His says later he passed it by simply relaxing.1990 The Green River Taskforce is disbanded.September 2001 Detective Dave Reichert is informed that Ridgway’s DNA matches that found on the bodies of the Green River Killer30 November 2001 Ridgway is arrested as he’s leaving his workplace5 December 2001 Ridgway’s formally charged with the deaths of four women.5 November 2003 Ridgway avoids the death penalty by confessing to the murder of 48 women.18 December 2003 Ridgway is sentenced to 48 life sentences with no possibility of parole.7 February 2011 Ridgway is charged with a 49th murder, that of 20 year old Rebecca Marrero in 1982, a mother who worked as a prostitute to support her family. Her sister recently buried her saying, ‘Finally my sister’s not out in the rain and the snow. She’s somewhere warm now.’POSTSCRIPT The problem with the above timeline is that it shows Ridgway had a killing spree between 1982 and 1984, and then stopped and started again in 1990 and 1998. This, while not impossible, is unlikely. What’s more probable is that Ridgway never stopped killing and that many, many more bodies are waiting to be discovered
18 December 1948 Edmund Kemper III is born to Edmund Kemper Jr and Clarnell Strandberg in Burbank California. They already have one daughter, and will soon have another one, but Edmund will be their only son.1957 Edmund’s parents’ divorce and his father leaves home1963 Kemper kills both grandparents and is imprisoned.1969 Kemper is released from the state hospital on parole. After finding he was too tall to join the police, he takes on a series of unremarkable jobs.May 1972 Kemper murders hitchhiking students Mary Ann Pesce and Anita Luchessa. Returning home with their bodies, he’s stopped because of a broken rear light. But the policeman doesn’t check the boot and lets Kemper go.August 1972 The remains of Mary Ann Pesce’s head are found.14 September 1972 Aiko Koo decides to hitchhike rather than wait for the bus. Kemper kills her.7 January 1973 19 year old student Cindy Schall is picked up and killed by Kemper.5 February 1973 24 year old Rosalind Thorpe and 23 year old Allison Liu are picked up by Kemper on campus grounds. After killing, he performs what has now become his routine. He beheads, and rapes both the severed head, and the headless body, and then disposes of the remains wherever is easiest.Easter 1973 Kemper finally focuses on the cause of his rage and kills his mother. He does the same to her friend, 59 year old Sally Hallett.23 April 1973 Kemper rings the Santa Cruz police and confesses, much to their disbelief. In fact, it takes several calls before anyone takes him seriously.7 May 1973 Kemper is charged with eight counts of murder.November 1973 Kemper is found guilty of eight counts of murder.2012 Kemper’s next scheduled parole hearing.
17th January 1899 – Al Capone born, New York16th January 1920 – The Prohibition Act is implemented in AmericaMay 1927 - Supreme Court rules that bootleggers pay income tax14th February 1929 – St Valentine’s Day Massacre16th March 1930 – Capone first incarcerated at the Eastern Penitentiary6th October 1931 - Capone is tried in the Federal Court17th October 1931 – Capone is found guilty of tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years25th January 1947 – Al Capone dies
13/5/1931: Jim Jones born, Lyn, Indiana 1956: Jones starts People’s Temple 1968: Jones affiliates with Disciples of Christ Church 1973: Building of ‘Jonestown’ commences 17/11/78: Leo Ryan and delegates enter Jonestown 18/11/1978: Ryan and delegates killed. Mass suicide takes place
13 September 1974 Stephen Lawrence is born in Greenwich District Hospital, SE London.
16 June 1975 Gary Dobson is born, also at Greenwich Hospital.10:30pm 22 April
1993 Stephen Lawrence is murdered in Well Hall Road, Eltham, South East London.
23 April 1993 A letter is left in a telephone box naming the suspects. Police surveillance begins on their homes four days later.
6 May 1993 The Lawrence family meet Nelson Mandela after publicly complaining at the lack of police progress.
7 May 1993 Three suspects are arrested.
13 May 1993 Neil Acourt is charged with murder. He denies the charges.
23 June 1993 Luke Knight is charged with murder. He denies the charges.
29 July 1993 The Crown Prosecution Service drops the case against both murder suspects.
September 1994 The Lawrence parents launch private prosecution against Dobson, Knight and Acourt. All three deny the charges.
December 1994 Police place a covert camera in Dobson’s flat
April 1996 The Old Bailey judge rules Duwayne Brooks’ evidence inadmissible. The three are acquitted.
13 February 1997 The inquest ends with the jury decision that Stephen was unlawfully killed by white youths.
14 February 1997 The ‘Daily Mail’ front page states ‘Murderers’ above photos of the five suspects, provocatively taunting them with the strap-line, ‘The Mail accuses these men of killing. If we are wrong, let them sue us.’
15 February 1997 The police covert recordings of the suspects involved in racist language and using a knife are revealed.
31 July 1997 Home Secretary Jack Straw orders a judicial inquiry headed by retired High Court Judge, William Macpherson
December 1997 The Police Complaints Authority finds conclusive evidence of errors by police detectivesSeptember
1998 Macpherson brands the Met Police institutionally racist.
1998 David Norris is acquitted of trying to murder another man.
February 1999 The Macpherson report recommends 70 changes to policing. Operation Athena Tower launches. At its peak, 120 officers will be working on the four year operation. One undercover officer even buys a house near to Dobson to help infiltrate the suspects.
April 1999 Martin Bashir interviews Dobson for ITV’s ‘Tonight’ show. Dobson presents the five as ‘loveable rogues’ but fails to convince many viewers of their innocence.
July 1999 The only detective facing disciplinary charges over the flawed original murder investigation is effectively cleared.
October 2000 The Lawrence family accept £320,000 compensation from the police.
14 February 2001?? Neil Acourt , now 27, is convicted of possession of an offensive weapon.
11 May 2001 Neil Acourt drives David Norris, now 25, as the latter chucks a drink at an off duty detective and shouts racial abuse. Acourt is said to drive the car at the detective.
6 September 2002 Norris and Neil Acourt serve 12 months for racially abusing the off duty detective.
2003 Duwayne Brooks publishes his book, ‘Steve and Me’.5
May 2004 The Director of Public Prosecutions rules that after five years re-investigation, there’s insufficient evidence to charge anyone with the murder.
April 2005 The 800 year old ‘Double Jeopardy’ law is abolished.
2006 Police re-examine forensic exhibits in the case using a company called LGC. The company has previously solved the killings of schoolboy Damilola Taylor and mother Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common.
2010 Dobson is filmed by police dropping off £350,000 of cannabis. He pleads guilty and on 9 July, is sentenced to five years.
September 2010 Norris is arrested. Both he and Dobson are charged with the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
April 2011 Norris was never tried but Dobson’s original acquittal is quashed. Both are now ready to stand trial for murder of Stephen.
14 November 2011 The trial of Dobson and Norris for the murder of Stephen Lawrence begins at the Old Bailey.
14:39 3 January 2012 After 50 days, Dobson and Norris are found guilty4 January 2012 David Norris, 35, is jailed for a minimum of 14 years and three months Gary Dobson, 36, jailed for 15 years and two months
5 January 2012 Scotland Yard denies it’s planning to disband the dedicated team of detectives investigating the Lawrence murder. It’s emerged detectives in the case were given new information during the trial. The Attorney General also begins reviewing whether the sentences can be increased.Neil and Jamie Acourt and Luke Knight maintain they were never involved in the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
"The other people involved in the murder of Stephen Lawrence should not rest easy in their beds". Scotland Yard Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe, 2012
23 August 2012 Dobson and Norris are refused leave to appeal
13 March 1933 Donald Henry Gaskins Jr is born.1952 In jail, Gaskins kills Hazell Brazell.August 1961 Gaskins is released from jail and finds work with a travelling preacher.1963 He’s arrested for the rape of a 12 year old girlNovember 1968 He is paroled again.September 1969 A female hitchhiker becomes his first ‘Coastal Kill’.15 November 1970 Gaskins kills his 15 year old niece1973 ‘Pee Wee’ purchases a hearse. He jokes that he needs it for all the people he’s killing. He rapes and kills his ‘friend’ and her two year old daughter.12 February 1975 Silas Yates is killed by Gaskins, unusually, for money27 April 1976 Gaskins is charged with eight counts of murder.24 May 1976 He’s found guilty and sentenced to death.November 1976 The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional which means Gaskins won’t be executed.9 September 1982 Gaskins again kills for money. As the death penalty has been made legal again in 1978, his fate is sealed.6 September 1991 ‘Pee Wee’ Gaskins is executed3 January 2008 A documentary is broadcast about the life of Donald Gaskins. It’s entitled,’ Pee Wee’.
12th May 2003 - Madeleine McCann born
3rd May 2007 - Madeleine disappeared
15th May 2007 - British expatriate Robert Murat classed as suspect (not been arrested or charged but treated by police as more than a witness)
7th September 2007 - Kate McCann is formally declared an arguida
8th September 2007 - Gerry McCann is given arguido status after further police questioning
3rd February 2008 - The McCanns are no longer suspects
12-10-1943: Jeffrey Robert MacDonald is born 17-02-1970: Murders take place 1974: Grand Jury indict MacDonald 1979: Trial commences against MacDonald 1982: MacDonald imprisoned in federal prison Maryland
12 February 1993: Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from Bootle’s Strand Shopping Centre
14 February 1993: James Bulger’s battered body is found lying on a railway track by Walton Lane Police Station
18 February 1993: Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are arrested at their homes in the Liverpool area
22 February 1993: Robert Thompson and Jon Venables appear in court charged with the abduction and murder of James Bulger
1 March 1993: James Bulger’s funeral takes place1 November 1993 The trial takes place at Preston Crown Court
24 November 1993: The jury find Robert Thompson and Jon Venables guilty of the abduction and murder of James Bulger
22 June 2001: Having served their minimum eight-year sentence Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are released
23 July 2010: Venables is arrested and jailed for downloading and distributing indecent images of children
10 May 1952 - Thomas Hamilton born13th March 1996, 9.30am - Dunblane Massacre: Hamilton arrived at school, cut the phone wires and entered the school13 March 1996 - The Victims: Gwen Mayor, 45, teacher at Dunblane Primary School 29 pupils at Dunblane Primary School13 March 1996 - Thomas Hamilton died
10th May 1927 - Trunk containing the body of a dismembered woman found at Charing Cross Railway Station
23rd May 1927 - John Robinson charged with murder
12th August 1927 - Robinson hanged at Pentonville Prison
17th June 1934 - Trunk containing arms and a torso found at Brighton Railway Station
18th June 1934 - Trunk containing two limbs found at Kings Cross Railway Station
15th July 1934 - Violet Kaye’s body found at Mancini’s lodgings 52 Kemp Street, Brighton
17th July 1934 - Mancini charged with the murder of Violet Kaye
10th December 1934 - Mancini’s trial begins at Lewes Assizes
14th December 1934 - Mancini found not guilty
1976 - Mancini publicly confessed to Kaye’s murder
10 March 1980 - Tarnower shot24 February 1981 - found guilty of murder29 December 1992 - granted clemency
1 June 1982 - Duffy and Mulcahy first rape of woman in HampsteadAutumn 1983 - Attacks stop while Duffy is separated from his wifeJuly 1985 - Three women raped on same night in Hampstead and HendonAugust 1985 - Duffy first arrested after assault on his wifeSeptember 1985 - Woman attacked in Barnet29 December 1985 - Alison Day, 19, raped and strangled with string17 April 1986 - Maartje Tambozer, 15, raped and killed, body is set on fire12 May 1986 - Duffy arrested for carrying knife near North Weald station18 May 1986 - Anne Locke, 29, TV presenter, raped and killed7 November 1986 - Duffy arrested stalking woman in park8 November 1986 - Duffy charged with three murders, and seven counts of rapeFebruary 1988 - Duffy trial, convicted of 2 murders and 4 rapes5 February 2001 - Mulcahy receives 24-year jail term
