Murdered sex workers in the United Kingdom
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This is a list of sex workers who were murdered in the United Kingdom.
19th century
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! Date ! Victim ! Location ! Cause of Death ! Murderer ! |
1837
| Eliza Davies | Frederick Street, London | Throat cut | | Francois Courvosier is suspected of her murder{{cite news | last = Pritchard | first = Heledd | title = The mystery of the murder of a Welsh prostitute 180 years ago may finally have been solved | work = Wales Online | date = 2017-01-22 | url = http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/mystery-murder-welsh-prostitute-180-12487028 }} |
1838
| Eliza Grimwood | Waterloo Road, London | Throat cut | | Francois Courvosier is suspected of her murder |
24 Aug 1874
|Midsummer Common, Cambridge |Throat cut |Robert Browning was hanged for her murder | |
23 Mar 1879
| Eliza Patten{{cite web | title = Prostitution murders in United Kingdom and Ireland | url = http://sexindustry-kills.de/doku.php?id=prostitutionmurders:uk | website = Sex Industry Kills }} | Liverpool, Merseyside | Stabbed in neck | Thomas Johnson was hanged for her murder | |
4 April 1888
| Whitechapel, London | Peritonitis | | Died of injuries sustained after being attacked the previous day. |
7 Aug 1888
| Whitechapel, London | Stabbed | | Possible victim of Jack the Ripper |
31 Aug 1888
| Whitechapel, London | Throat cut | Jack the Ripper | Jack the Ripper victim |
8 Sept 1888
| Spitalfields, London | Throat cut | Jack the Ripper | Jack the Ripper victim |
30 Sept 1888
| Whitechapel, London | Throat cut | Jack the Ripper | Jack the Ripper victim |
30 Sept 1888
| City of London | Throat cut | Jack the Ripper | Jack the Ripper victim |
9 Nov 1888
| Spitalfields, London | Throat cut | Jack the Ripper | Jack the Ripper victim |
20 Dec 1888
| Poplar, London | Strangled with a rope | | Possible victim of Jack the Ripper |
10 Feb 1889
| Lewisham, London | Fractured skull caused by a blow with a blunt instrument. | | |
4 June 1889
| Elizabeth Jackson{{cite web | title = The Thames Torso Murders of 1887-89 | url = http://www.casebook.org/dissertations/thames-torso-murders.html | website = Casebook }} | Horsleydown, London | | | Her dismembered remains were found in the Thames; |
17 July 1889
| Whitechapel, London | Throat cut | | Possible victim of Jack the Ripper |
13 Feb 1891
| Whitechapel, London | Throat cut | | Possible victim of Jack the Ripper |
1900 – 1909
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! Date ! Victim ! Location ! Cause of Death ! Murderer ! |
30 May 1901
| Spitalfields, London | Stabbed in the vagina and the anus | | |
11 Sept 1907
| Camden, London | Throat cut | | Known as the 'Camden Town Murder'. |
17 Oct 1908
| Russell Square, London | | | |
1910 – 1919
1920 – 1929
1930 – 1939
1940 – 1949
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! Date ! Victim ! Location ! Cause of Death ! Murderer ! |
10 Feb 1942
| Soho, London | Strangled and throat cut | Gordon Frederick Cummins (The Blackout Ripper) was hanged for her murder. | Victim of the Blackout Ripper |
11 Feb 1942
| Marylebone, London | Strangled with a silk stocking | Gordon Frederick Cummins (The Blackout Ripper) | Victim of the Blackout Ripper |
12 Feb 1942
| Paddington, London | Strangled with a scarf | Gordon Frederick Cummins (The Blackout Ripper) | Victim of the Blackout Ripper |
20 Feb 1942
| Waterloo, London | Drowned after being strangled and thrown into the Thames | | Canadian soldier Joseph McKinstry was charged with her murder but acquitted in court. |
19 May 1942
| Holborn, London | Strangled with her own summer dress | | |
25 Jul 1942
| Stepney, London | Strangulation | Thomas Bragg was charged with her murder but found not guilty on the trial judge's orders. | |
24 Aug 1943
| Ruth Fuerst | Notting Hill, London | First known victim of serial killer John Christie. | |
13 Dec 1944
| Mayfair, London | Strangulation | | |
5 Feb 1945
| Eileen Cook aka 'Irish Molly' | Bethnal Green, London | Stabbed & strangled | | |
Aug 1946
| Manchester, England | Hammer blows to the head | Walter Rowland was hanged for her murder in February 1947 | |
9 Dec 1946
| Soho, London | Shot | Unnamed 91 year old confessed to her murder in July 2015 | |
8 Aug 1947
| Portsmouth, Hampshire | Strangled with a lanyard | | |
8 Sept 1947
| Soho, London | Shot | | |
5 Sept 1948
| Covent Garden, London | Stabbed | | Soho “enforcer” Tony Machin was suspected of her murder |
12 Mar 1949
| Kathleen Higgins aka 'Irish Kit' | Regents Park, London | Strangled with a scarf | | 77 years old and still an active prostitute |
1950 – 1959
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! Date ! Victim ! Location ! Cause of Death ! Murderer ! |
31 Jan 1953
| Notting Hill, London | Gassed | John Christie | Christie confessed to 7 murders including Kathleen Maloney but was only tried for the murder of his wife. He was convicted and hanged |
6 Sept 1954
| Ellen Carlin aka 'Red Helen' | Pimlico, London | Strangled with one of her black nylon stockings | Scottish serial killer Peter Manuel confessed to her murder shortly before he was hanged in 1958 | |
Sept 1955
| Wirral, Merseyside | Strangulation | | Known as the 'Pillbox Murder' |
17 June 1959
| Chiswick, London | Strangulation | | Possible victim of 'Jack The Stripper' |
1960 – 1969
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! Date ! Victim ! Location ! Cause of Death ! Murderer ! |
8 Nov 1963
| Mortlake, London | Strangulation | | Possible victim of 'Jack The Stripper' |
2 Feb 1964
| Hammersmith, London | Strangulation | Jack The Stripper victim |
8 April 1964
| Hammersmith, London | Strangulation | Jack The Stripper victim |
24 April 1964
| Brentford, London | Strangulation | Jack The Stripper victim |
14 July 1964
| Chiswick, London | Strangulation | Jack The Stripper victim |
25 Nov 1964
| Margaret McGowan aka Frances Brown | Kensington, London | Strangulation | Jack The Stripper victim |
16 Feb 1965
| Acton, London | Strangulation | Jack The Stripper victim |
6 Feb 1966
| Dalkey, County Dublin | Strangled with one of her own stockings | | An Irishman serving in the British Army's Parachute Regiment confessed but was acquitted in court |
1970 – 1979
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! Date ! Victim ! Location ! Cause of Death ! Murderer ! |
21 June 1971
| Glenys Johnson | Cardiff | Throat and other parts of body cut with glass | Malcolm Green was given a 25-year minimum term of imprisonment for her murder | One year after his release from prison in 1989, Green murdered a New Zealand tourist and was given a whole-life tariff{{cite news |title=Killer mutilated victims and left their body parts in bags scattered across Wales |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/malcolm-green-cardiff-killer-crime-16258156 |access-date=14 September 2022 |work=Wales Online |date=12 May 2019}} |
21 April 1972
| Catford, London | Strangulation. His house was then set on fire | In 1980, two inmates were overheard discussing the killing in prison, but as they both blamed each other for the murder neither could be prosecuted for it.{{cite news |title=Three youths wrongly jailed for murder changed police investigations forever |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/three-youths-wrongly-jailed-killing-20655052 |access-date=8 October 2022 |work=Daily Mirror |date=19 October 2019}} | 3 youths were charged with murder and arson. One was found guilty of arson, one guilty of manslaughter and arson, the third guilty of murder and arson. On appeal all convictions were overturned. |
4 December 1972
|Cardiff, Wales |Stabbed more than twenty times | | |
24 March 1973
|Mary Armstrong |Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire |Stabbed | |Four trials for her murder were held, with a 33-year-old man being acquitted of it at the end of the last one. The number of days covered by the trials (63 in total) caused the case to make legal history in Britain.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/archive/page/1974-05-23/2.html|title=Acquittal after 63-day trial|date=23 May 1974|work=The Times|page=2|access-date=8 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/unsolved_murders_29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427180441/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/unsolved_murders_29|url-status=live|archive-date=27 April 2020|title=Unsolved Murders - a Freedom of Information request to Staffordshire Police|date=May 2017|website=WhatDoTheyKnow|access-date=27 April 2020}} |
22 February 1974
| Rosina Hilliard | Leicester | Hit by a car, head injuries, strangulation | | It is not known which injury killed her{{cite news |title=Four unsolved Midlands murders linked to Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/four-unsolved-midlands-murders-linked-19273193 |access-date=15 January 2022 |work=BirminghamLive |date=13 November 2020}} |
1 June 1974
| Eileen Cotter | London | Strangulation | 80-year-old John Apelgren was convicted of her killing in 2023{{cite news |title=Eileen Cotter death: DNA breakthrough sees pensioner John Apelgren convicted of killing sex worker almost 50 years later |url=https://news.sky.com/story/eileen-cotter-death-dna-breakthrough-sees-pensioner-john-apelgren-convicted-of-killing-sex-worker-almost-50-years-later-12903950 |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=Sky News |date=16 June 2023}} |
Summer 1974
| 'The Duchess' | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk | Disappeared without a trace | | A headless body found in Swaffham, Norfolk on 27 August 1974 may be her. |
7 January 1975
| Barbara Booth | Leeds, Yorkshire | | Mark Rowntree was convicted of her manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He was detained indefinitely by the court{{cite news | title = Chilling Threats Of A Killer | work = Yorkshire Post | date = 2004-01-02 | url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/chilling-threats-of-a-killer-1-2533859 }} | Murdered in her home alongside her son, Alan |
30 Oct 1975
| Leeds, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head & multiple stab wounds | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) He was sentenced to life imprisonment for 13 murders | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
23 Nov 1975
| Preston, Lancashire | Kicked to death | Christopher Smith |In 2011, Lancashire police stated they would have had enough evidence to charge Christopher Smith of Leeds based on advances in DNA testing and a confession written shortly before his death in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-12396506|title=DNA helps police 'solve' 1975 Joan Harrison murder|date=9 February 2011|website=BBC News|access-date=8 December 2019}} |
20 Jan 1976
| Leeds, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head & multiple stab wounds | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
5 Feb 1977
| Leeds, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
22 March 1977
| Doncaster, Yorkshire | Blows to the face | |
23 April 1977
| Patricia "Tina" Atkinson{{cite web | title = Patricia Atkinson | url = http://sexindustry-kills.de/doku.php?id=prostitutionmurders:uk:patricia_atkinson | website = Sex Industry Kills }} | Bradford, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
1 Oct 1977
| Manchester, England | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
21 Jan 1978
| Bradford, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
31 Jan 1978
| Huddersfield, Yorkshire | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
16 May 1978
| Manchester, England | Hammer blows to head | Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) | Yorkshire Ripper victim |
Sept 1978
| Margaret Berridge | Cardiff Wales | Strangulation | Richard Ball was jailed for life for her murder{{cite web | title = The notorious murder of 62-year-old tattooed Cardiff prostitute Margaret Berridge | url = http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/historic-murders-margaret-berridge-cardiff-12636427 | website = Wales Online | date = 2017-02-21 }} | |
20 March 1979
| Carol Lannen | Dundee, Scotland | Strangulation | | Her body was discovered in a wood{{cite news | last = Hamilton | first = Jane | title = Unsolved: Son of Templeton Woods murder victim tells of his heartbreak as killer remains at large 37 years on | work = Daily Record | date = 2016-02-27 | url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/unsolved-son-templeton-woods-murder-7451192 }} |
28 August 1979
| Wendy Jenkins{{cite news | last = Churchill | first = Laura | title = The Bristol prostitute murdered as the Yorkshire Ripper hunted red light districts | work = Bristol Post | date = 2017-04-16 | url = http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-prostitute-murdered-yorkshire-ripper-25329 }} | Bristol, England | Stab and head injuries | | |
1980 – 1989
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! Date ! Victim ! Location ! Cause of Death ! Murderer ! | |||||
20 August 1980
|London |Strangulation |Nilsen killed at least 12 men or boys between 1978 and 1983, some of whom have been identified as sex workers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/home-killer-dennis-nilsen-slaughtered-9747953|title=House of horrors where serial killer chopped up prostitutes goes on the market|last=Bishop|first=Rachel|date=2017-02-02|work=mirror|access-date=2017-10-07}} | |||||
October 1980
|Unidentified male{{Cite book|title=Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen|last=Brian|first=Masters|publisher=Random House|year=1985|isbn=978-0-812-83104-7|pages=146}} |London | |Dennis Nilsen | | |||||
2 Jul 1981
| Cardiff, Wales | | Idris Ali & Alan Charlton convicted of murder. | Ali's conviction overturned on appeal. He pleaded guilty to manslaugher.{{cite news|last=James|first=David|date=2010-07-13 |title=Public warned to stay away from violent thug|work=Western Mail|location=Cardiff|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2010/07/13/public-warned-to-stay-away-from-violent-thug-91466-26839018/|access-date=2015-06-20}} | |||||
1981
| Margaret Crowley | Bristol, England | Strangulation | Brian Peel was jailed for her murder | | |||||
7 Apr 1983
| last = Shipley | first = Andy | title = Edinburgh unsolved: Sex worker's death saw change in city policing | work = Edinburgh News | date = 2017-07-05 | url = http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-unsolved-sex-worker-s-death-saw-change-in-city-policing-1-4495009 }} | Edinburgh, Scotland | Run over repeatedly | | Her killer has never been found | |||||
25 Dec 1983
| Liverpool, England | Neck Injuries | | Known as the 'Green door Murder'. | |||||
25 May 1984 | Yvonne Coley | Kings Heath, Birmingham | Strangled | Alun Kyte, the killer of two other sex workers, was suspected of Yvonne's murder; however, no official charges were filed against him in this case.{{cite web|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/five-women-brutally-murdered-whose-15353307|title=The five women brutally murdered - but whose killers have never been brought to justice|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029190706/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/five-women-brutally-murdered-whose-15353307|archive-date=29 October 2020|last=Richardson|first=Andy|date=4 November 2018|website=BirminghamLive|access-date=18 July 2019}}BBC Crimewatch, episode #6, dated 20 December 1984 | |
21 April 1985
| Jackie Waines aka Linda Guest{{cite news | last = Churchill | first = L | title = The mystery of the murdered Bristol prostitute, who had an alias and two homes | work = Bristol Post | date = 2017-02-12 | url = http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/8203-the-mystery-of-the-murdered-bristol-prostitute-who-had-an-alias-and-two-homes/story-30127293-detail/story.html#9XwSzWC1kR0xpKvZ.99 }} | Bristol, England | Stabbed | | | |||||
December 1985
| Deborah Kershaw | Bradford, Yorkshire | Strangulation | George Naylor was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Freedom bid by killer is rejected | work = Evening Chronicle | date = 2004-05-07 | url = http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/freedom-bid-killer-rejected-1616350 }} | 2 years after his release from jail he murdered Maureen Stepan in her flat in Bradford in 1995 | |||||
2 May 1986
| Julie Perigo | Sunderland, Tyne and Wear | Stabbed{{cite news | last = Clark | first = Kevin | title = Police still hunting killer of Sunderland woman - 30 years on | work = Sunderland Echo | date = 2016-05-23 | url = http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/police-still-hunting-killer-of-sunderland-woman-30-years-on-1-7923872 }} | | | |||||
24 January 1987 | Marina Monti | Shepherd's Bush, London | Strangled | Sex worker Rachel Applethwaite was found dead nearby the next day, but investigators eventually ruled out a link between the deaths.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/260313507|title=Police drop theory of link in two prostitute murders|date=7 August 1987|newspaper=The Guardian|page=4|access-date=6 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/29e160353c3e44bade44485d91f1a9ce|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210906183717/https://apnews.com/article/29e160353c3e44bade44485d91f1a9ce|archive-date=6 September 2021|title=Police Seek Prosecution Of Mexican Diplomat on Murder Charge|date=1 July 1987|website=Associated Press News|access-date=6 September 2021}} A Mexican handed himself in to the police after finding out from Crimewatch that they were interested in speaking to a man whose description matched his, but they did not charge him with either woman's murder. | |
25 January 1987 | Rachel Applethwaite | Chelsea, London | Beaten and stamped on | Found dead the day after Marina Monti, although investigators eventually ruled out a link between the deaths.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/29e160353c3e44bade44485d91f1a9ce|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210906183717/https://apnews.com/article/29e160353c3e44bade44485d91f1a9ce|archive-date=6 September 2021|title=Police Seek Prosecution Of Mexican Diplomat on Murder Charge|date=1 July 1987|website=Associated Press News|access-date=6 September 2021}} A Mexican handed himself in to the police after finding out from Crimewatch that they were interested in speaking to a man whose description matched his, but they did not charge him with either woman's murder. | |
2 April 1987
| Rita Parminter | Hastings, East Sussex | Strangled | Leonard Tedham, a former Hell's Angel, was jailed for life for her murder in 1988 | | |||||
14 Feb 1988
| Cardiff, Wales | Throat cut | Jeffrey Gafoor was convicted of her murder in July 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment.{{Cite news|title=Real killer jailed in case of Cardiff 3: Legal history is made as man pleads guilty to murder of prostitute for which three others were jailed|last=Woffinden|first=Bob|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=2003-07-05|page=9}} | Tony Paris, Yusef Abdullahi, Stephen Miller, Ronnie Actie & John Actie charged with her murder. In November 1990 Paris, Abdullahi & Miller were convicted, the Actie cousins were acquitted. Paris, Abdullahi & Miller's convictions we overturned on appeal in December 1992. | |||||
March 1988 | Donna Healey | Leeds | Her body was discovered in a Chapel Allerton park in January 1991, but it wasn't known whose it was until DNA advances made identifying it as hers possible in 2003. In a state of mummification when it was found, the body had been stored in a cool and dry place for a considerable amount of time. She is a suspected victim of John Taylor.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10163101.mother-of-murdered-bradford-teenager-donna-healey-appeals-for-help-to-catch-killer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905175100/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10163101.mother-of-murdered-bradford-teenager-donna-healey-appeals-for-help-to-catch-killer|url-status=live|archive-date=5 September 2020|title=Mother of murdered Bradford teenager Donna Healey appeals for help to catch killer|date=16 January 2013|work=Telegraph & Argus|access-date=5 September 2020}} | ||
5 April 1988
| Andrea Sinclair | Manchester | Strangulation | Strangled with a tie and mutilated. Keith Pollard was jailed for her murder.{{cite web |title=Keith Pollard |url=http://www.blackkalendar.nl/c/3864/Keith%20Pollard |website=Black Kalendar |access-date=29 November 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Graham |first1=Daniella |title=Chanelle Hayes 'fears mum's killer release' from prison |url=https://metro.co.uk/2011/05/09/chanelle-hayes-fears-mums-killer-keith-pollards-release-from-prison-4412/ |website=Metro |access-date=29 November 2021 |language=en |date=9 May 2011}} | |||||
18 Oct 1988
| Liverpool, Merseyside | | | Her mutilated body was found at Lowton nr Warrington{{cite news | title = Unsolved Murder: Maria Christina Requena and Linda Donaldson, mutilation near Leigh and Lowton | work = Manchester Evening News | date = 2011-06-07 | url = http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/unsolved-murder-maria-christina-requena-862425 }} |
1990 – 1999
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! Date ! Victim ! Location ! Cause of Death ! Murderer ! |
Jan 1990
| Michelle Raynor{{cite web | title = Murder of Leicester prostitute | url = http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/lbc/index.php/segment/0000800384017 | website = British Universities Film & Video Council }} | Leicester, Leicestershire | | | |
Feb 1990
| Arminda Perry | Clwyd, Wales | | Her husband was jailed for her murder | Perry dismembered her body, cooked it and fed it to his cat{{cite news | last = Watkinson | first = William | title = The man who killed his wife and fed her remains to the cat | work = Daily Mirror | date = 2015-11-14 | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/crime-files-reopened-man-who-6831616 }} |
23 June 1990
| Patricia Parsons{{cite web | title = Patricia Parsons | url = http://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/patricia-parsons/ | website = True Crime Library | date = 20 October 2015 }} | Epping Forest, Essex | Shot 3 times with a crossbow | | |
5 Sept 1990
| Gail Whitehouse{{cite news | last1 = Lakhani | first1 = Nina | last2 = Dugan | first2 = Emily | title = The Prostitute Murder Mysteries | work = Independent | date = 2010-05-29 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-prostitute-murder-mysteries-1987042.html }} | Birmingham, West Midlands | Strangulation | | David Williams was acquitted of her murder{{cite news | last = Moyes | first = Jojo | title = Rapist gets seven life sentences: Nine women suffered 'appalling cruelty' | work = Independent | date = 1993-12-09 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/rapist-gets-seven-life-sentences-nine-women-suffered-appalling-cruelty-1466260.html }} |
Jan 1991
| Bolton, Greater Manchester | | |
17 Feb 1991
| Shifnal, Shropshire | Strangulation & head wounds | | Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper' |
14 May 1991
| Rochester, Kent | Strangled | | |
9 June 1991
| Lynne Trenholm{{cite journal | title = Lynne Trenholm | url = http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1156 | journal = Unsolvedmurders.co.uk | date = 1991-06-09 | volume=1156 | issue=1991 | last1=Murders | first1=Unsolved }} | Chester, Cheshire | Stabbed | | |
9 July 1991
| Leeds, Yorkshire | Blows to head | Michael Sams was jailed for her murder{{cite news | last = Kirby | first = Tom | title = Sams confesses to Julie Dart killing | work = The Independent | date = 1993-07-12 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/sams-confesses-to-julie-dart-killing-1484546.html }} | |
10 Aug 1991
| Fulham, London | Strangulation | | Possible victim of the Camden Ripper{{cite web | title = 'Camden Ripper': Were these women the first victims? | url = https://richardosley.com/camden-ripper-potential-victims/ | website = Richard Osley | date = 2015-11-21 }} |
31 Aug 1991
| Southall, London | Stabbed in neck | David Smith was convicted of her murder in a 'double jeopardy' trial in 2023{{cite news |title=Sarah Crump murder: Man jailed for life for 1991 killing |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65721383 |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=BBC News |date=26 May 2023}} | Smith had previously been acquitted of her murder in 1993, only to go on to murder fellow sex worker Amanda Walker in 1999 |
15 Oct 1991
| Glasgow, Scotland | Multiple injuries | | Gangland enforcer Gary Moore and drug dealer Dale “Dagga” Clark were charged with her murder but were freed due to lack of evidence.{{cite news | last = Silvester | first = Norman | title = Murder victim's aunt wants prosecutors to publicly name suspects after 25 years without justice | work = Daily Record | date = 2016-03-19 | url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/murder-victims-aunt-wants-prosecutors-7548801 }} |
10 Oct 1992
| Barbara Finn | Coventry, West Midlands | Disappeared | | Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper' |
20 Nov 1992
| Natalie Pearman{{cite news | last = Moreton | first = Cole | title = Prostitute murders: The tragedy of the cases still unsolved | work = Independent | date = 2008-02-24 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/prostitute-murders-the-tragedy-of-the-cases-still-unsolved-786412.html }} | Norwich, Norfolk | Strangulation | | |
May 1992
| Otley, Yorkshire | Unknown | | Her decomposed body was found 4 months later Police believe she is likely a victim of John Taylor, the killer of Leanne Tiernan.{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Alex |title=Hunt for Yvonne Fitt's killer goes on after 26 years |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17324751.hunt-yvonne-fitts-killer-goes-26-years/ |access-date=28 October 2021 |work=Telegraph & Argus |date=31 December 2018}} |
27 Mar 1993
| Carol Clark{{cite news | last = Churchill | first = L | title = Unsolved murder: Who killed Carol Clark, the Bristol woman whose body was dumped at a canal? | work = Bristol Post | date = 2016-12-04 | url = http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/unsolved-murder-the-bristol-prostitute-whose-body-was-found-dumped-in-a-canal/story-29951345-detail/story.html#OoAjEizkD7JGy8BF.99 }} | Bristol, England | Heart attack after a violent blow to the throat | | Her body was found in the Sharpness Canal. Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper' or Philip Smith{{cite news |last1=Haywood |first1=Bob |title=Smith: The untold story - THE POLICE BUNGLES THAT KEPT KILLER ON THE LOOSE; MORE SHOCKING PHILIP SMITH REVELATIONS AND THE VICTIMS HE MAY HAVE MURDERED DURING HIS REIGN OF TERROR. |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Smith%3A+The+untold+story+-+THE+POLICE+BUNGLES+THAT+KEPT+KILLER+ON+THE...-a076728448 |access-date=28 October 2021 |work=Sunday Mercury |date=22 July 2001}} |
19 April 1993
| Glasgow, Scotland | Throat compression | | Her husband, Charles McGregor, stood trial for her murder but the case was found not proven. |
July 1993
| Ipswich, Suffolk | | | Her body has never been found Possible victim of "Suffolk Strangler" Steve Wright.{{cite web |author1=Real Crime |author1-link=Real Crime |title=Real Crime: The Suffolk Strangler |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=822w5QZiz3k |publisher=ITV |format=TV Documentary |date=2008}} |
Oct 1993
| Kathleen Charlotte Brough | Doncaster, Yorkshire | | Rosina Outram and Sandra Butcher were jailed for her murder{{cite web | title = Rosina Outram | url = http://www.blackkalendar.nl/content.php?key=6305 | website = Black Kalendar }} | |
21 December 1993
| Fiona Ivison | Doncaster, Yorkshire | Strangulation | Client Alan Duffy was jailed for her murder{{cite web | title = Alan Duffy (Jail) | url = http://www.blackkalendar.nl/content.php?key=20270 | website = Black Kalendar }} | Her mother founded the Parents Against Child Sexual Exploitation organisation |
30 Dec 1993
| Bitteswell, Leicestershire | Strangulation | Alun Kyte was convicted of her murder in March 2000 | Kyte was also convicted of the murder of Tracy Turner. Dubbed the 'Midlands Ripper', he may have murdered other sex workers{{cite news | last = Herbert | first = Ian | title = Nationwide hunt for victims as jailed 'Midlands Ripper' boasts of murdering 10 more women in his countrywide hunt for victims | work = The Independent | date = 2000-03-18 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/nationwide-hunt-for-victims-as-jailed-midlands-ripper-boasts-of-murdering-10-more-women-in-his-284691.html }} |
Jan 1994
| Janet Barron | Sheffield, Yorkshire | Stabbed | Her husband Derek Barron was convicted of her murder{{cite news | title = Wife killer convicted for second time gets life term | work = Yorkshire Post | date = 2009-12-11 | url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/wife-killer-convicted-for-second-time-gets-life-term-1-2316217 }} | |
3 March 1994
| Lutterworth, Leicestershire | Strangulation | Alun Kyte was convicted of her murder in March 2000 | Kyte was also convicted of the murder of Samo Paull. Dubbed the 'Midlands Ripper', he may have murdered other sex workers |
7 May 1994
| Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs | | Client Kevin Williams was convicted of her murder | |
21 May 1994
| Sheffield, Yorkshire | Strangulation | | Her body was dumped in a shallow grave at Mam Tor in Derbyshire's Peak District. Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper'. A link has also been speculated between her murder and "Crossbow Cannibal" Stephen Griffiths.{{cite web |author1=David Wilson |author1-link=David Wilson (criminologist) |title=Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story - Stephen Griffiths |url=https://ok.ru/video/1631886445103 |publisher=Channel 5 |access-date=29 October 2021 |format=TV Documentary |date=21 March 2013}} |
5 Aug 1994
| Liverpool, England | Strangulation | | Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper'. In 2019, police investigated Christopher Halliwell over the murder.{{cite news |last1=Pettifor |first1=Tom |title=New line of inquiry as police renew hunt for Julie Finley's killer |url=https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/new-line-inquiry-police-renew-17910264 |access-date=28 October 2021 |work=LancsLive |date=30 March 2020}} |
7 Aug 1994
| Marylebone, London | Stabbed | | |
15 Oct 1994
| Braintree, Essex | | | |
10 May 1995
| Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire | | | Her body was dumped in the Grand Union Canal Pimp Ian Foster was acquitted of the murder. |
2 June 1995
| Glasgow, Scotland | Strangulation | | Her body was found in the Clyde. George Walker was acquitted of her murder{{cite news | last = Gray | first = Rebecca | title = Herald Scotland | work = A timeline of murder | date = 2015-05-17 | url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13214123.A_timeline_of_murder/ }} |
8 June 1995
| Maureen Stepan | Bradford, Yorkshire | Strangulation |
21 June 1995
| Christine McGovern | Walthamstow, London | Asphyxiation{{cite news | last = Jackson-Obot | first = Ima | title = WALTHAMSTOW: Appeal launched 16 years after sex worker murder | work = East London & West Essex Guardian | date = 2011-06-22 | url = http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/9098653.WALTHAMSTOW__New_appeal_launched_16_years_after_murder_of_sex_worker/ }} | | Possible victim of the Camden Ripper |
6 Aug 1995
| Laura Rodriguez | Brighton, East Sussex | Multiple stab wounds | Austin Rogerson was jailed for her murder in March 1996{{cite web | title = Austin Bernard Rogerson (Jail) | url = http://www.blackkalendar.nl/content.php?key=3937 | website = Black Kalendar }} | |
7 Aug 1995
| Glasgow, Scotland | | |
Sept 1995
| Marie Garrity | Coventry, West Midlands | Disappeared{{cite news | title = Mystery of missing prostitute | work = Coventry Telegraph | date = 2002-09-25 | url = http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/mystery-of-missing-prostitute-3169214 }} | | Possible victim of Alun Kyte, the 'Midlands Ripper' |
9 Sept 1995
| Sally Ann John | Swindon, Wiltshire | | | She went missing from Swindon's red light district. Her body has never been found | title = Sally Ann John murder inquiry: Three men bailed | work = The BBC | date = 2015-09-18 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-34290320 }} Possible victim of Christopher Halliwell.{{Cite book|title=Catching a Serial Killer: My hunt for murderer Christopher Halliwell|last=Fulcher|first=Stephen|publisher=Ebury Press|year=2017|isbn=9781785036279}} |
7 Oct 1995
| Christine Dinnie | Leith, Scotland | Multiple blows to head with car jack | John Law was jailed for her murder{{cite web | title = Christine Dinnie | url = http://sexindustry-kills.de/doku.php?id=prostitutionmurders:uk:christine_dinnie | website = Sex Industry Kills }} | |
12 Dec 1995
| Daniella White | Northampton, England | Unknown | Philip McKenna was jailed for her murder in Oct 97{{cite news | title = Court refuses to cut killer's minimum term | work = The Northampton Chronicle & Echo | date = 2007-11-02 }} | Her naked body was found by the side of a railway line. She had been struck by a train, it's not known if this was before or after death. |
Jan 1996
| Angela Heys{{cite news | title = A tragic end to a hard life | work = Bolton News | date = 1996-10-30 | url = http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6194422.A_tragic_end_to_a_hard_life/?ref=arc }} | Egerton, Lancashire | Strangled | | |
24 June 1996
| Glasgow, Scotland | Multiple injuries | | George Johnstone was tried and acquitted of her murder in June 2004 |
15 Aug 1996
| Lucy Burchell | Birmingham, West Midlands | Heroin overdose | Tahir Khan and Rungzabe Khan were jailed for manslaughter{{cite news | title = Two jailed for death of schoolgirl prostitute | work = Herald Scotland | date = 1997-07-02 | url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12316252.Two_jailed_for_death_of_schoolgirl_prostitute_39g/ }} | |
Oct 1996
| Caroline Creevy | Bradford, Yorkshire | Strangulation | Kenneth Valentine, aka Kenneth Anness, was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Loner is caged for prostitute's murder | work = Lancashire Telegraph | date = 2008-03-07 | url =http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6157096.Loner_is_caged_for_prostitute_s_murder/ }} | |
27 Oct 1996
| Karen Tomlinson | Hull, Yorkshire | Beaten & strangled | Steven Price was convicted of manslaughter in 1999 | |
Feb 1997
| Robyn Browne | Marylebone, London | Stab wounds | James Hopkins was convicted of her murder in Feb 2009{{cite news | title = Man guilty of transsexual murder | work = BBC | date = 2009-01-19 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7838573.stm }} | |
12 June 1997
| Christine Maguire | Bulwell, Nottingham | Stab wounds | Byron Smith was jailed for life in March 1998 for her murder{{cite news | title = Prostitute killer could be free by 2012 | work = The Hucknell Dispatch | date = 2008-03-05 | url = http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/news/local/prostitute-killer-could-be-free-by-2012-1-669339 }} | |
25 Oct 1997
| Hull, Yorkshire | Beaten & strangled | Double killer Gary Allen was convicted of her murder in 2021{{cite news |title=Gary Allen: Killer jailed for murdering two women 21 years apart |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57552189 |access-date=1 April 2022 |work=BBC News |date=23 June 2021}} | Allen had previously been acquitted of her murder in Feb 2000, but was re-tried after he murdered another sex worker, Alena Grlakova, in 2018 |
Nov 1997
| Liverpool, Merseyside | Strangulation | | John Flanagan was jailed for her murder in July 1998. The conviction was quashed on appeal in May 2013{{cite news | title = Cleared of murder, left to fend for myself | work = Liverpool Echo | date = 2005-10-25 | url = http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/cleared-murder-left-fend-myself-3526701 }} |
24 Nov 1997
| Glasgow, Scotland | Beaten to death | Zhi Min Chen was jailed for 20 years for Tracey's murder in May 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-48308465|title=Man jailed for 1997 murder of Glasgow woman Tracey Wylde|date=17 May 2019|access-date=5 December 2019|work=BBC News}} | |
28 Feb 1998
| Margo Lafferty | Glasgow, Scotland | Strangulation | Client Brian Donnelly was jailed for life for her murder | |
May 1998
| Natalie Clubb | Hull, Yorkshire | Stabbed 7 times | Boyfriend Darren Adam was jailed for life for her murder in Feb 2000{{cite news | title = Appeals fail over killing of vice girl | work = The Manchester Evening News | date = 2001-07-31 | url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/appeals-fail-over-killing-of-vice-girl-1-2420130 }} | Her body was dismembered. Michael Larvin was jailed for 6 years for disposing of body parts. |
30 May 1998
| Hayley Morgan | Hull, Yorkshire | Heroin overdose, but had a plastic bag on her head | | 4 people were arrested for her murder but no charges were brought{{cite news | title = UK Prostitute death: four arrested | work = The BBC | date = 1998-05-30 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/103326.stm }} |
July 1998
| Julie Jones | Manchester, England | Severe crush injuries | | Her body was found naked wrapped in a carpet under bushes{{cite news | title = Julie Jones murder in Manchester: Mother's plea to catch killer | work = The BBC | date = 2013-06-27 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23072863 }}{{cite news | title = Mothers who never came home | work = The Manchester Evening News | date = 2007-02-17 | url = http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mothers-who-never-came-home-1173454 }} |
August 1998
| Helen Sage | Manchester, England |Disappeared | |
28 Feb 1999
| Wolverhampton, West Midlands | | Paul Brumfitt was jailed for life for her murder in July 2000{{cite news | title = Freed killer murders again | work = The BBC | date = 2000-07-20 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/845211.stm }} | Her body was dismembered |
April 1999
| Paddington, London | | David Smith was jailed for life for her murder in December 1999{{cite news | last = Summers | first = Chris | title = Prostitute murderer gets life | work = BBC | date = 1999-12-08 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/552350.stm }} | Her body was found in a shallow grave at Wisley, Surrey in June 1999 Smith had been acquitted of the murder of Sarah Crump in 1993 |
July 1999
| Bexhe Alivica | Feltham, Middlesex | Strangulation | Daniel Hurley was jailed for life for her murder in March 2001 | |
16 Sept 1999
| Katie Kazmi | Reading, Berkshire | Stabbed 77 times and decapitated | Winston Williams was jailed for life for her murder in May 2000{{cite news | last = Wilson | first = Jamie | title = 'Chaotic' care left Broadmoor man free to kill | work = The Guardian | date = 2002-07-11 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jul/11/ukcrime.mentalhealth }} | Williams had been released from Broadmoor in 1991 after stabbing two people, including a 13-year-old paperboy, in 1979. |
Dec 1999
| Mara Dorman | Belgravia, London | Stabbed and beaten | Her boyfriend Tony Bayram was jailed for life in Feb 2001{{cite web | title = MURDERBOOK 1900-1999 | website = Total Crime | url = http://totalcrime.co.uk/2014/06/21/murderbook-1900-1999/ | date = 2014-06-21 | access-date = 2017-10-06 | archive-date = 2017-01-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170110215857/https://totalcrime.co.uk/2014/06/21/murderbook-1900-1999/ | url-status = dead }} | Her body was found in a black trunk by the side of the road at Hurstbourne Tarrant, near Andover, Hampshire on Jan 12, 2000. |
2000 – 2009
class="wikitable"
! Date ! Victim ! Location ! Cause of Death ! Murderer ! |
2000
| Liverpool, Merseyside | | | |
2 Feb 2000
| Liverpool, Merseyside | Stabbed 42 times | John Leadbetter was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Tragedy of prostitutes who lost their lives | newspaper = Liverpool Echo | date = 2002-06-25 | url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tragedy+of+prostitutes+who+lost+their+lives.-a087751503 }} | |
April 2000
| Sarah Benford{{cite news | title = Sarah Benford murder: Kettering woods searched for body after 16 years | work = BBC | date = 2016-03-15 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-35810396 }} | Northampton, Northamptonshire | Disappeared | | |
11 June 2000
| Norwich, Norfolk |Disappeared | | Her body has never been found |
4 Sept 2000
| Anfield, Merseyside | Battered to death with a porcelain pot and strangled | | In 2003, Robert Brendan Collins, 31, was cleared of her murder.{{cite news | last = Stewart | first = Gary | title = Man arrested over ten-year-old murder of Liverpool prostitute released by police | newspaper = Liverpool Echo | date = 2011-04-03 | url = http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/man-arrested-over-ten-year-old-murder-3422387 }} |
Sept 2000
| Kellie Mallinson | Middlesbrough, Teesside | Asphyxiation |Shaun Tuley was jailed for life in 2001 for her murder.{{cite news|last=Corrigan|first=Naomi|url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/harrowing-stories-teessides-tragic-vice-3699659|title=Harrowing stories of Teesside's other tragic vice girls|date=2010-09-24|newspaper=The Gazette}} | |
Sept 2000
| Danby, Yorkshire | Unknown | | Two months after she went missing her naked and badly decomposed body was found dumped in a stream near Danby, Yorkshire{{cite news | last = Corrigan | first = Naomi | title = Grieving parents of Vicky Glass still hope for justice | newspaper = The Gazette | date = 2010-09-25 | url = http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/grieving-parents-vicky-glass-still-3699747 }} Police believe it is possible she could be a victim of "Suffolk Strangler" Steve Wright.{{cite news|first1=Esther|last1=Addley|first2=Karen|last2=McVeigh|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/22/suffolkmurders.ukcrime|title=Motive still unknown as serial killer faces rest of life in prison|newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 February 2008}} |
9 Nov 2000
| Birmingham, West Midlands | Strangled | Philip Smith was jailed for her murder and the murder of two other women{{cite news | last = Carter | first = Helen | title = Loner gets life for killing spree | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 2001-07-19 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/19/helencarter }} | |
17 Dec 2000
| Chelsea Harbour, London | Unknown | | Her body was dismembered. Her torso was found in the Thames, her lower part was never found.{{cite news | last = Branigan | first = Tania | title = Police reveal chaotic life of murder victim | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 2001-02-14 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/feb/14/taniabranigan }} Possible victim of Anthony Hardy, the "Camden Ripper".{{cite book |last1=Bourgoin |first1=Stéphane |title=La Bible du crime |date=2015 |publisher=MARTINIERE BL |page=401 |language=French}} |
12 Feb 2001
| Nikola “Nikki” Higgins | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire | Strangled and beaten | Alan McLaren, 42, was jailed for life in February 2006 for her murder{{cite news | title = Man jailed for killing prostitute | newspaper = BBC | date = 2006-02-17 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/4724420.stm }} | |
26 April 2001
| Bradford, Yorkshire | Head injuries{{cite news | last = Wright | first = Steve | title = Grieving family in renewed plea 13 years after brutal unsolved murder | newspaper = Telegraph & Argus | date = 2014-04-14 | url = http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/11145911.display/ }} | |Police investigated convicted killers John Taylor and Stephen Griffiths over the murder.{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Helen |title=Bradford murders: Stephen Griffiths questioned about teenager's death |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/01/bradford-murders-stephen-griffiths |access-date=28 October 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=1 June 2010}}{{cite news |last1=Wainwright |first1=Martin |title=Police interrogate sex strangler |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/feb/06/ukcrime.scotland |access-date=28 October 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=6 February 2003}} A 37-year-old woman was arrested and released on investigation in January 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-46890873|title=Woman arrested in Rebecca Hall cold case murder inquiry|date=16 January 2019|website=BBC News|access-date=30 November 2019}} |
Oct 2001
| Hayley Curtis | Norwich, Norfolk | Beaten to death | Philip Stanley was jailed for her murder in November 2005{{cite news | title = Man guilty of prostitute's murder | work = BBC | date = 2005-11-10 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4425678.stm }} | Her body was found in a shallow grave near Petersfield, Hampshire |
Oct 2001
| Maria Toomey | Hull, Yorkshire | Head injuries | Matthew Rounce was jailed for her murder{{cite web | title = Rounce Matthew Leslie | url = http://www.blackkalendar.nl/content.php?key=3939 | website = Black Kalendar }} | |
5 Nov 2001
| Sheffield, Yorkshire | Multiple stab wounds | | |
11 Nov 2001
| Carly Bateman | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Strangulation | Sex offender Geoffrey Porter was jailed for her murder{{cite news | last = Carter | first = Helen | title = Past sex offender gets life for killing prostitute, 17 | work = Guardian | date = 2002-12-05 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/dec/05/helencarter }} | |
13 Dec 2001
| Paula Fields | London | | John Patrick Sweeney was jailed for life in April 2011 for her murder, and for the murder of ex-girlfriend Melissa Halstead{{cite news | last = Davies | first = Caroline | title = Canal murderer John Sweeney to spend rest of life in prison | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 2011-04-05 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/apr/05/canal-murderer-john-sweeney-life-sentence }} | Her body was dismembered before being dumped in the Regents Canal, London |
Jan 2002
| Sally White | Camden, London | Head injuries | Anthony Hardy (The Camden Ripper), was jailed for her murder in November 2003 | Victim of The Camden Ripper |
Mar 2002
| Dereham, Norfolk | Strangulation | | |
May 2002
| Middlesbrough, Yorkshire | Unknown | 62-year-old Keith Hall was convicted of her murder in 2021{{cite news |title=Rachel Wilson killing: Keith Hall jailed for 2002 attack |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-59116999 |access-date=22 December 2021 |work=BBC News |date=1 November 2021}} | Her remains were found 27 June 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-51092135|title=Middlesbrough man Keith Hall denies Rachel Wilson murder|date=13 January 2020|website=BBC News|access-date=9 February 2020}} |
31 May 2002
| Middlesbrough, Yorkshire | Unknown | | |
1 June 2002
| Danielle Moorcroft | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Head injuries | Stuart Milsted was jailed for her murder in October 2005{{cite news | last = Britton | first = Paul | title = Danielle killer is jailed for life | work = Manchester Evening News | date = 2005-10-17 | url = http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/danielle-killer-is-jailed-for-life-1088317 }} | |
26 June 2002
| Rita Vilares | Kings Cross, London | Stabbed 10 times | David Herbert was jailed for her murder in January 2003{{cite web | title = David Colin Herbert | website = Black Calendar | url = http://www.blackkalendar.nl/content.php?key=3420 }} | |
Oct 2002
| Hackney, London | Unknown. Her body was dismembered | | Ex-partner Sinclair Lewis was cleared of her murder |
Dec 2002
| Elizabeth Valad | Camden, London | Unknown. Her body was dismembered | Anthony Hardy (The Camden Ripper), was jailed for her murder in November 2003 | Victim of The Camden Ripper |
25 Dec 2002
| Bridgette MacClennan | Camden, London | Unknown. Her body was dismembered | Anthony Hardy (The Camden Ripper), was jailed for her murder in November 2003 | Victim of The Camden Ripper |
Dec 2002 or Jan 2003
| Becky Godden | Eastleach, Gloucestershire | Unknown | Chris Halliwell was found guilty of her murder in September 2016{{cite news | last = Morris | first = Steven | title = Chris Halliwell found guilty of Becky Godden murder | newspaper = Guardian | date = 2016-09-18 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/19/chris-halliwell-found-guilty-becky-godden-murder }} | Her body lay in a shallow grave for 8 years before being discovered |
8 Mar 2003
| Oxana Rodionova | Maida Vale, London | Strangulation | Sergey Shcherbakov was cleared of her murder but jailed for 3 years for burgling her flat{{cite news | title = Russian student cleared of murder | newspaper = BBC | date = 2004-01-23 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3424487.stm }} | |
July 2003
|Damien Doolan |Manchester |Drowning |Martin Leriche was convicted of assault and murder by throwing the victim in the Rochdale Canal where he drowned.{{Cite news|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/thug-guilty-of-rent-boy-murder-1199567|title=Thug guilty of rent boy murder|last=|first=|date=2004-08-09|work=Manchester Evening News|access-date=2017-10-07}} | |
3 July 2003
| Lisa Marie Spence | Stratford, London | Stabbed and beaten with a hammer. | Deepak Bouri, 23, and Adam Bowler, 19, were jailed for life in March 2004 for her murder{{cite news | title = Life for pair over burning body | newspaper = BBC | date = 2004-03-23 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3562025.stm }} | Her body was burnt |
22 July 2003
| Pauline Stephen{{cite news | last = Criddle | first = Cristina | title = Mum of sex worker who was chopped up and put into bin bags still blames herself 12 years on | newspaper = Liverpool Echo | date = 2015-12-17 | url = http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mum-sex-worker-who-chopped-10618183 }}{{cite news | title = Killings under the red light | work = Liverpool Echo | date = 2003-07-22 | url = https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Killings+under+the+red+light.-a0105676336 }} | rowspan="2" | Everton, Merseyside | rowspan="2" | Unknown.Their bodies were dismembered | rowspan="2" | Client Marc Corner was detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act{{cite news | last = Criddle | first = Christina | title = Mum of sex worker who was chopped up and put into bin bags still blames herself 12 years on | newspaper = The Liverpool Echo | date = 2015-12-17 | url = http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mum-sex-worker-who-chopped-10618183 }} | |
22 July 2003
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Aug 2003
| Middlesbrough, Yorkshire | Stabbed | George Leigers was jailed for life for her murder.{{cite news | title = Double killer is jailed for life | newspaper = BBC | date = 2004-02-20 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/3507933.stm }} Leigers had only recently been released from a secure mental unit after murdering his wife in 1986. | |
15 Oct 2003
| Nadine Hillier | Bristol, England | Beaten and strangled | Albert Webb, 37, was jailed for life in October 2004 for her murder{{cite news | title = Man guilty of prostitute murder | newspaper = BBC | date = 2004-10-18 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3752668.stm }} | |
Dec 2003
| Cara Martin-Brown | Ipswich, Suffolk | Kicked to death | Darren Brown, 22 was jailed for life in October 2004 for her murder{{cite news | title = Guard kicked prostitute to death | newspaper = BBC | date = 2004-10-11 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3733984.stm }} | |
4 Dec 2003
| Joanne Broome | Renton, Scotland | Stabbed | | James Campbell, 46, was acquitted of murder in Aug 2004 after the case was dropped due to lack of evidence.{{cite web |title=Joanne Broome: Unsolved Murder (2003) |url=https://www.missingandmurdered.co.uk/post/joanne-broome-unsolved-murder-2003#:~:text=On%20the%2014th%20of%20December,22%3A00%20on%20the%2013th. |website=Missing & Murdered |access-date=21 November 2024 |language=en |date=2 April 2021}} |
1 Mar 2004
| Camille Gordon{{cite news | title = Woman died from single stab wound | work = BBC | date = 2004-03-03 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3530857.stm }} | Soho, London | Stabbed | | |
13 Mar 2004
| Chantel Taylor | Birkenhead, Merseyside | Struck in neck with meat cleaver and then dismembered | Stephen Wynne was jailed for her murder in January 2006{{cite news | title = Meat cleaver murderer gets life | work = BBC | date = 2005-01-25 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4647416.stm }} | Her body has never been found |
10 April 2004
| Nasra Ismail | Kings Cross, London | Suffocated and stabbed | Daniel Archer was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Murder verdict for 'predator' who dissected prostitute | work = Guardian | date = 2005-11-25 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/23/ukcrime1 }} | |
24 May 2004
| Joanna Colbeck | Glasgow, Scotland | Fell from tower block | | Her pimp, Rose Broadley, was jailed for her murder but the conviction was overturned on appeal{{cite news | title = Woman's murder conviction is quashed | work = Herald Scotland | date = 2005-09-01 | url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12480956.Woman_apos_s_murder_conviction_is_quashed/ }} |
23 July 2004
| Niphan Trikhana | Chelsea, London | | Darren Marcus Johnson was jailed for his murder{{cite news | title = Gangster jailed for 35 years for gay masseur murder | work = Pink News | url = http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2006/07/05/gangster-jailed-for-35-years-for-gay-masseur-murder/ }} | |
June 2004
| Qu Mei Na | Belfast, Northern Ireland | | Chang Hai Zhang was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Boot murder man to serve 17 years | work = BBC | date = 2008-03-11 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7289604.stm }} | |
13 Sept 2004
| Lyndsey Bourne | Leeds, Yorkshire | Strangulation | Stuart Burns, 30, was jailed for life in October 2005 for her murder{{cite news | last = Dudgeon | first = Olwen | title = 19 years for killer who sawed up body | newspaper = The Yorkshire Post | url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/19-years-for-killer-who-sawed-up-body-1-2538690 }} | Her body was dismembered |
2 Feb 2005
| Sandra Wiles | Poole, Dorset | Strangulation | Boyfriend George Tayali was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = 'Cruel' murder soldier jailed | newspaper = BBC | date = 2006-03-21 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/4830476.stm }} | Tayali strangled her when he discovered she was working as an escort |
21 Feb 2005
| Susan Third | Aberdeen, Scotland | Strangulation | Joseph Harrison was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Six-year term for woman's killer | newspaper = BBC | date = 2006-08-03 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/5242162.stm }} | |
29 Mar 2005
| Lomoki “Millie” Mkwananzi | Boscombe, Dorset | Strangulation & stabbing | Client Steven Smith, 24, was jailed for life in March 2006 for her murder{{cite news | title = Millie's killer to serve 19 years | newspaper = BBC | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/4816594.stm }} | |
30 Mar 2005
| Carolyn Porter | Northampton, Northamptonshire | Stabbed | Client John David Nixon was jailed for life for her murder{{cite news | title = Woman was killer's second victim | newspaper = BBC | date = 2005-08-08 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/4132770.stm }} | |
4 April 2005
| Glasgow, Scotland | Strangulation | Iain Packer was found guilty of murder in 2024.{{cite news |title=Iain Packer found guilty of Emma Caldwell murder|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68304929 |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=BBC News |date=20 February 2024}} | Huseyin Cobanoglu, Halil Kandil, Abubekir Oncu and Mustafa Soylemez stood trail for her murder but the case collapsed.{{cite news | title = Four accused walk free after prostitute murder trial collapses | newspaper = Scotsman | date = 2008-07-08 | url = http://www.scotsman.com/news/four-accused-walk-free-after-prostitute-murder-trial-collapses-1-1079408 }} |
16 June 2005
| Rebecca Stephenson | Doncaster, Yorkshire | Beaten to death | Ronald Beardmore, 31, was jailed for life for her murder in February 2006{{cite news | title = Father of two jailed for 15 years over vice-girl murder | newspaper = Yorkshire Post | date = 2006-02-04 | url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/father-of-two-jailed-for-15-years-over-vice-girl-murder-1-2606611 }} | |
26 July 2005
| Adele Evans | Liverpool, Merseyside | Fractured skull | | Ali Bavar was found not guilty of her manslaughter.{{cite news | title = Man cleared of blame for prostitute's car death | newspaper = Liverpool Echo | date = 2006-06-07 | url = http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/man-cleared-blame-prostitutes-car-3517288 }} |
15 Sept 2005
| Anne Marie Foy | Liverpool, Merseyside | Strangulation | | David Butler was acquitted of her murder in February 2012{{cite news | title = David Butler found not guilty of murdering Anne Marie Foy at Liverpool Crown Court | newspaper = Liverpool Echo | date = 2012-02-11 | url = http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/david-butler-found-not-guilty-3352469 }} |
9 Jan 2006
| Zelia Harrison | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | Stabbed | Client Wakil Sahebzadeh was jailed for life for her murder{{cite news | title = ZELIA MURDER: Hunted down and killed with her own knife | newspaper = Peterborough Today | date = 2006-05-26 | url = http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/crime/zelia-murder-hunted-down-and-killed-with-her-own-knife-1-63516 }} | |
17 Oct 2005
| Jennifer Linton | Wolverhampton, West Midlands | | Her partner, Omar Jawanda, was jailed for life for her murder{{cite news | title = Evil parasite jailed for life | newspaper = Birmingham Mail | date = 2007-03-21 | url = http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/evil-parasite-jailed-for-life-38861 }} | |
April 2006
| Jayne Payne | Burnley, Lancashire | Unknown | | Her body was found at a deserted beauty spot.{{cite news | title = How Did She Die? | newspaper = Burnley Express | date = 2006-11-02 | url = http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/how-did-she-die-1-1670844 }} Two men were arrested in connection with her disappearance but were released without charge. |
23 June 2006
| Lynne Barwick | Hull, Yorkshire | Strangulation | Edward Akester, 26, was jailed for life in July 2007 for her murder{{cite news | title = Vice girl strangler may have struck before | newspaper = Yorkshire Post | date = 2007-07-05 | url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/vice-girl-strangler-may-have-struck-before-1-2462963 }} | |
1 July 2006
| Samantha Tapper | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | Blows to head | Garry Harding, 22, was jailed for life in April 2007 for her murder and for the murder of brothel receptionist Annie Eels{{cite news | title = Brothel hammer murderer sentenced | newspaper = BBC | date = 2007-04-19 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/6570719.stm }} | The murders took place during a robbery at a brothel (Rachel's Health Spa) in Frankwell, Shrewsbury. |
30 Oct 2006
| Tania Nicol | Ipswich, Suffolk | | rowspan="5" | Steven Gerald James Wright ('Suffolk Strangler') Convicted of all 5 murders in February 2008 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he should never be released from prison.{{cite news | title = Suffolk killer will die in prison | newspaper = BBC | date = 2008-02-22 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/7258115.stm }} | Victim of the Suffolk Strangler |
15 Nov 2006
| Gemma Rose Adams | Ipswich, Suffolk | | Victim of the Suffolk Strangler |
3 Dec 2006
| Anneli Sarah Alderton | Ipswich, Suffolk | Asphyxiated | Victim of the Suffolk Strangler |
8 Dec 2006
| Annette Nicholls | Ipswich, Suffolk | | Victim of the Suffolk Strangler |
10 Dec 2006
| Paula Lucille Clennell | Ipswich, Suffolk | Strangulation | Victim of the Suffolk Strangler |
3 Mar 2007
| Susan Shivers | Glasgow, Scotland | Stabbed | Stephen Muirhead was detained indefinitely for her murder{{cite news | title = Life term for prostitute's killer | newspaper = BBC | date = 2008-03-27 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7316442.stm }} | |
Aug 2007
| Xiao Mei Guo | rowspan="2" | Whitechapel, London | rowspan="2" | Unknown, their bodies were never found | rowspan="2" | Client Derek Brown was jailed for their murders{{Citation | last = Summers | first = Chris | title = Killer preyed on 'edge of society' | publisher = BBC | date = 2008-10-03 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7610021.stm }} | |
18 Sept 2007
| Bonnie Barrett | |
Sept 2007
| Sarah Elizabeth Mournian | Huddersfield, Yorkshire | | Kevin Newton was jailed for life for her murder{{cite news | last = Atkinson | first = Neil | title = Sarah Mournian murderer jailed for at least 15 years | newspaper = Huddersfield Daily Examiner | date = 2008-09-05 | url = http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/fri-pm-sarah-mournian-murderer-5031279 }} | |
4 Oct 2007
| Geraldine Brocklehurst | Huddersfield, Yorkshire | Stabbed | Shayne Haynes was jailed for life for her murder{{cite news | last = Atkinson | first = Neil | title = Sentence cut for murderer of prostitute | newspaper = Huddersfield Daily Examiner | date = 2008-08-07 | url = http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/sentence-cut-murderer-prostitute-5032714 }} | |
Dec 2007
| Claire Laggan | Doncaster, Yorkshire | | Alan Leslie Gregory was jailed for life for her murder{{cite news | title = Man found guilty of quarry murder | newspaper = BBC | date = 2008-10-21 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7682110.stm }} | |
31 July 2008
| Gemma Dorman | Battersea, London | Stabbed | Her ex-boyfriend Vikramgit Singh was jailed for life for her murder{{cite news | title = Stalker jailed for frenzied knife murder of ex-partner | newspaper = BBC | date = 2010-03-16 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8570862.stm }} | |
27 Nov 2008
| Joanne Cooley | Thorne, Yorkshire | Multiple stabbings | Her boyfriend Jason Goodwin was jailed for her manslaughter{{cite news | title = Disgust at girlfriend killer's jail sentence | work = The Star | date = 2009-05-16 | url = http://www.thestar.co.uk/whats-on/out-and-about/disgust-at-girlfriend-killer-s-jail-sentence-1-284003 }} | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171007022048/http://www.thestar.co.uk/whats-on/out-and-about/disgust-at-girlfriend-killer-s-jail-sentence-1-284003 | archive-date = 7 October 2017 | |
19 Dec 2008
| Laura Milne | Aberdeen, Scotland | Stabbed | Stuart Jack, 22, was jailed for life for her murder. Debbie Buchan, 18, and Leigh McKinnon, 18, were both jailed for 9 years for attempted murder.{{cite news | title = Laura Milne murder: Killer who hid body in cupboard is jailed for 18 years | newspaper = The Scotsman | date = 2008-07-31 | url = http://www.scotsman.com/news/laura-milne-murder-killer-who-hid-body-in-cupboard-is-jailed-for-18-years-1-1083028 }} | |
22 Dec 2008
| Cheryl Camm | Doncaster, Yorkshire | Beaten to death | Kieran Blackwell was jailed for life for her murder{{cite web | title = Teenager jailed for brutal murder | website = BBC | date = 2009-05-01 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8029978.stm }} | |
27 Mar 2009
| Kirsty Grabham | Swansea, South Wales | | Her husband Paul Grabham was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Husband guilty of body-in-suitcase murder | work = BBC | date = 2010-02-04 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8497980.stm }} | |
22 June 2009
| Susan Rushworth | Bradford, Yorkshire | | Stephen Shaun Griffiths ('The Crossbow Cannibal') In December 2010 he was convicted 3 murders and sentenced to a whole life tariff.{{cite news | last = Carter | first = Helen | title = 'Crossbow cannibal' sentenced to life for murdering three women | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 2010-12-21 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/dec/21/crossbow-killer-pleads-guilty-murdering-women }} | Victim of the Crossbow Cannibal |
Oct 2009
| Andrea Waddell | Brighton, East Sussex | Strangulation | Client Neil McMillan was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Brighton man jailed over Andrea Waddell murder | work = BBC | date = 2010-06-04 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10237293 }} | |
5 Nov 2010
| Destiny Lauren | Kentish Town, London | Strangulation | Client Leon Fyle was jailed for her murder after a retrial{{cite news | title = Man guilty of Destiny Lauren murder in Kentish Town | work = BBC | date = 2011-09-21 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15010132 }} | |
2010 – 2019
class="wikitable"
! Date ! Victim ! Location ! Cause of Death ! Murderer ! |
26 April 2010
| Shelley Armitage{{cite web | title = Shelley-Marie Armitage | url = http://sexindustry-kills.de/doku.php?id=prostitutionmurders:uk:shelley_armitage | website = Sex Industry Kills }} | Bradford, Yorkshire | | Stephen Shaun Griffiths | Victim of the Crossbow Cannibal |
21 May 2010
| Suzanne Blamires | Bradford, Yorkshire | | Stephen Shaun Griffiths | Victim of the Crossbow Cannibal |
14 Mar 2011
| Louisa Brannan | Sutton, London | Stabbed & beaten | Reece Ludlow was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Merciless: Huddersfield murder victim Louisa Brannan spent five hours at hands of killer Reece Ludlow | newspaper = Huddersfield Daily Examiner | date = 2012-07-18 | url = http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/merciless-huddersfield-murder-victim-louisa-4947890}} | |
18 March 2012
| Yong Li Qui | Bedford, Bedfordshire | Battered to death | Former employee, Gang Wang, was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Bedford brothel murderer Gang Wang jailed for killing madam | newspaper = BBC | date = 2013-03-05 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-21669578}} | |
16 April 2012
| Carole Waugh | Marylebone, London | Battered to death | Conman Bhayani was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Carole Waugh murder: Conman Bhayani jailed for 27 years | newspaper = BBC | date = 2013-11-28 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25133917 }} | |
4 June 2012
| Kelly Davies | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Stabbed | Her ex-partner, Joseph Davies, was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = 'Violent bully' jailed for murder of Kelly Davies in Bolton | newspaper = BBC | date = 2013-09-18 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24142156}} | |
30 Jan 2013
| Georgiana Stuparu | Coventry, West Midlands | Stabbed | Philippe Andre Burger and Ramona Budiencea were jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Pair jailed for murder of sex worker Georgiana Stuparu | work = BBC | date = 2013-10-17 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24561770 }} | |
29 Oct 2013
| Mariana Popa | Ilford, London | Stabbed | Farooq Shah was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Farooq Shah jailed for Ilford sex worker murder | work = BBC | date = 2014-06-27 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28064995 }} | |
Nov 2013
| Bernadeta Nawracaj | Richmond, London | Stabbed | Fellow prostitute Edyta Zawadska, 24, was jailed for life for her murder in June 2014{{cite news | last = Rucki | first = Alexandra | title = Polish prostitute jailed for bludgeoning friend to death in 'jealous rage' | newspaper = The Standard | date = 2014-07-16 | url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/polish-prostitute-jailed-for-bludgeoning-friend-to-death-in-jealous-rage-9609666.html }} | Zawadska killed her out of jealousy because she was earning more money |
28 Jan 2014
| Maria Duque-Tunjano | Earls Court, London | Bludgeoned to death | Robert Fraser was sent to Broadmoor for her murder{{cite news | last = Horrox | first = Camilla | title = Earl's Court escort murder: man sentenced for brutal killing | work = Get West London | date = 2014-12-22 | url = http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/earls-court-escort-murder-man-8331771 }} | |
17 Feb 2014
| Karolina Nowikiewisz | Slough, Berkshire | Throat cut | Michael Wenham was jailed for her murder{{cite web |title=Man jailed for woman's knife murder |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-31056192 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 February 2020 |date=30 January 2015}} | |
16 Mar 2014
| Rivka Holden | Colindale, London | Multiple stab wounds | Client Nicolae Patraucean was jailed for her murder{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Lorraine |title=Man, 21, jailed for brutal murder of Colindale woman |url=https://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/crime-court/man-21-jailed-for-brutal-murder-of-colindale-woman-1-3808056 |website=Kilburn Times |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en |date=15 October 2014}} | |
6 April 2014
| Yvette Hallsworth | Derby, Derbyshire | Stabbed | Mateusz Kosecki was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Yvette Hallsworth murder: Mateusz Kosecki jailed for Derby stabbing | newspaper = BBC | date = 2014-08-05 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-28657367 }} | |
19 Nov 2014
| Lidia Pascale | West Bromwich, West Midlands | Head injuries | Matthew Cherrington was jailed for her murder{{cite news | last = Lloyd | first = Matt | title = Life sentence for evil killer who battered vice girl Lidia Pascale and dumped her body in a wheelie bin | work = Birmingham Mail | date = 2015-05-09 | url = http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/life-sentence-evil-killer-who-9289938 }} | |
5 Dec 2014
| Luciana Maurer | Falkirk, Scotland | Multiple stab wounds | Steven Mathieson was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Falkirk man who raped women as stab victim lay dead is jailed | work = BBC | date = 2015-05-07 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-32622946 }} | |
1 Feb 2015
| Christina Randell | Hull, Yorkshire | Stabbed & strangled | Her partner Deland Allman was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Deland Allman jailed for life for murdering fiancée | newspaper = BBC | date = 2015-07-01 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-33353661 }} | |
28 Mar 2015
| Vanessa Santillan | Fulham, London | Strangulation | Her husband Joaquin Gomez Hernandez was jailed for her murder{{cite news | last = Alwakeel | first = Ramzy | title = Vanessa Santillan murder: Husband jailed for vicious attack after walking in on escort wife having sex | newspaper = Evening Standard | date = 2015-10-20 | url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/vanessa-santillan-murder-husband-jailed-for-vicious-attack-after-walking-in-on-her-having-sex-a3095016.html }} | |
21 June 2015
| Jennifer Williams | Bournemouth, Dorset | Stabbing | Stefan Mayne was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder in May 2016{{cite news | title = Bournemouth man Stefan Mayne jailed for Jennifer Williams murder | newspaper = BBC | date = 2016-05-20 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-36343981 }} | |
23 June 2015
| Anita Kapoor | Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire | Asphyxiation | Navin Mohan was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder in December 2015{{cite news | last = Wereham | first = Stephanie | title = Man sentenced to life in jail for murder of 'vulnerable' prostitute | newspaper = Bucks Free Press | date = 2015-12-08 | url = http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/14131253.Man_sentenced_to_life_in_jail_for_murder_of__vulnerable__prostitute/ }} | |
30 July 2015
| Denisa Silmen | East Ham, London | Multiple stab wounds | Alin Apopei was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder in February 2017{{cite news | last1 = Pennink | first1 = Emily | last2 = de la Mare | first2 = Tess | title = 'The light in my eyes died': Mum of murdered sex worker's heartbreak as killer boyfriend is jailed for 20 years | newspaper = Daily Mirror | date = 2017-02-22 | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/the-light-eyes-died-mum-9882727 }} | |
28 Sep 2015
| Maxine Showers | Liverpool, Merseyside | Head injury | Michael Williams was jailed for her murder{{cite news | last = Neil | first = Docking | title = Maxine Showers murder: Michael Williams jailed for life over brutal killing of Liverpool mum | newspaper = Liverpool Echo | date = 2016-04-05 | url = http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/maxine-showers-murder-michael-williams-11140574 }} | |
23 Dec 2015
| Daria Pionko{{cite news | title = Police name sex worker found dead in Leeds | newspaper = Halifax Courier | date = 2015-12-24 | url = http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/police-name-sex-worker-found-dead-in-leeds-1-7642113 }}{{cite web | title = Daria Pionko | url = http://sexindustry-kills.de/doku.php?id=prostitutionmurders:uk:daria_pionko | website = Sex Industry Kills }} | Leeds, Yorkshire | | Lewis Pierre was jailed for her murder{{cite news | title = Daria Pionko death: Lewis Pierre jailed for murder | newspaper = BBC | date = 2016-07-05 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-36713608 }} | |
January 2016
| Georgina Symonds | Llanmartin, Wales | Strangulation | Her millionaire 'sugar daddy', Peter Morgan, was jailed life for her murder in Dec 2016 {{cite news | last = Siddique | first = Haroon | title = Millionaire jailed for life for murder of escort Georgina Symonds | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 2016-12-21 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/21/millionaire-peter-morgan-found-guilty-of-murdering-escort-georgina-symonds }} | |
12 Feb 2016
| Nkechi 'Jessica' McGraa{{cite web | title = Nkechi Jessica McGraa | url = http://sexindustry-kills.de/doku.php?id=prostitutionmurders:uk:jessica_mcgraa | website = Sex Industry Kills }} | Aberdeen, Scotland | Asphyxiation | Client Bala Chinda was jailed for life for her murder{{cite news | title = Aberdeen student given life sentence for raping and killing escort at north-east flat | newspaper = The Press & Journal | date = 2017-01-20 | url = https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1147141/aberdeen-student-found-guilty-raping-killing-escort-north-east-flat/ }} | |
July 2016
| Leonuta Ioana Haidemac | Skegness, Lincolnshire | Strangled & stabbed | Client Casey Scott was jailed for life for her murder{{cite news | last = Robb | first = Simon | title = Jack the Ripper fanatic scrawled 'JACK' on body of woman he stabbed to death | newspaper = Metro | date = 2017-01-24 | url = http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/24/jack-the-ripper-fanatic-scrawled-jack-on-body-of-woman-he-stabbed-to-death-6403756/ }} | Scott, a Jack the Ripper fanatic, scrawled 'Jack' across her abdomen. |
29 May 2017
| Romina Kalachi | Kilburn, London{{cite news | last = Raffray | first = Nathalie | title = Kilburn murder investigation launched after sex worker found stabbed to death | newspaper = Brent & Kilburn Times | date = 2017-06-01 | url = http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/crime-court/kilburn-murder-investigation-launched-after-sex-worker-found-stabbed-to-death-1-5044816 }} | Stabbed | Noor Mohammed was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder{{cite news | last = Raffray | first = Nathalie | title = Man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of Queen's Park escort | newspaper = Brent & Kilburn Times | date = 2017-10-26 | url = http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/crime-court/man-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment-for-murder-of-queen-s-park-escort-1-5253616 }} | |
25 May 2018
| Christina Abbotts | Crawley, West Sussex | Multiple head injuries{{cite web |title=Man faces birthday woman murder trial |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-44304415 |website=BBC News |access-date=20 December 2018 |date=30 May 2018}} | Zahid Naseem was found guilty of her murder on 20 December 2018{{cite web |title=City banker guilty of murdering 'high class escort' Christina Abbotts in attack in Sussex |url=https://www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk/news/crime/city-banker-guilty-of-murdering-high-class-escort-christina-abbotts-in-attack-in-sussex-1-8747046 |website=www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk |date=20 December 2018 |access-date=20 December 2018 |language=en}} | |
Serial murderers
- Alun Kyte (Midlands Ripper)
- Anthony Hardy (Camden Ripper)
- Gordon Cummins (Blackout Ripper)
- David Smith, acquitted of a murder of a sex worker in 1993 only to murder another in 1999
- Jack the Ripper
- Jack the Stripper
- Peter Sutcliffe (Yorkshire Ripper)
- Philip Smith
- Stephen Griffiths (Crossbow Cannibal)
- Steve Wright (Suffolk Strangler)
- Thomas Cream (Lambeth Poisoner)
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite journal|last1=Sanders|first1=Teela|last2=Cunningham|first2=Stewart|last3=Lucy|first3=Platt|last4=Grenfell|first4=Pippa|last5=Macioti|first5=P.G.|title=Sex Work and Occupational Homicide: Analysis of a U.K. Murder Database|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/GNwV2gvQwSSB8KcrSTkq/full|journal=Homicide Studies|volume=22|issue=3|pages=321–338|doi=10.1177/1088767918754306|year=2018|s2cid=54776525 |hdl=2381/40794|hdl-access=free}}