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Family appeal to find killers of 'caring father' shot in his car
Emma Rowley4 Aug 2009
THE family of a student shot dead in his car has appealed for help in bringing his killers to justice.
Gunmen armed with at least two weapons shot father-of-one Nathan Williams, 24, as he was turning his VW Golf R32 around in Ludwick Mews estate in New Cross on 28 July. He died shortly afterwards.
Today Mr Williams's family revealed that his two-year-old son still cries out for his father. The boy's mother, Zara, was struggling to cope with her boyfriend's death.
His cousin Zena Hinds, 29, said Greenwich University business studies student Mr Williams of Kennington was a "very caring and involved father". "Everything he did was for his son," she said.
"He was trying to break out of the boundaries of inner-city London. He was outstanding, generous, and very funny. He had a passion for business and wanted to own his own. We worshipped him."
Ludwick Mews is two streets from the flat where French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez were stabbed to death and set alight last year.
Police and Mr Williams's family were appealing for information near where he was killed. Ms Hinds said: "He was an innocent guy turning in a road on a local estate. Someone must have seen something." Another of Mr Williams's cousins has created a Facebook page appealing to locals. Zoe Edh wrote: "It could be your son, brother or boyfriend but you must think, if he can gun down someone in cold blood what else can this person be capable of?"
Officers from Operation Trident were keeping an open mind as to the motive. Anyone with information should call police on 020 8247 4554 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Thanks for these comments. Despite what you may think - just imagine if one of these people are actually innocent? Do you think that any of these comments are contructive? Its still a life regardless - but I guess because he is out and maybe fits your profile of a drug dealer that he deserves this.
I always take that advice "Sometimes if you have nothing to say - it is better to say nothing at all".
many thanks
God bless
- Zena Hinds, London, 22/02/2010 13:14
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thats like saying you must be gay because you live in Soho!!!!
- Alex Daniels, Kennington, London, 22/02/2010 12:14
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Blah blah blah, same old pc headline, he was a student: well he must of been of to something as you dont just get shot in your car unless you are mixed up in gangs and / or drugs.
- Dirk Diggler, Soho, London, 22/02/2010 12:14
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