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Probation service 'worse' since Sonnex killings

02.11.09
Standards in London's probation service have dropped since two students were murdered by a criminal who was under supervision... more

South London double murder flat looked 'like an abattoir'

22.10.09
Detectives were questioning a suspect after two men were found murdered in a south London flat in a blood-soaked scene resembling 'an abattoir'... more

Family appeal to find killers of 'caring father' shot in his car

04.08.09
The family of a student shot dead in his car has appealed for help in bringing his killers to justice... more

Students' killers face longer sentences

12.06.09
The killers of two London-based French students could get longer jail terms after the Attorney General called in the case... more

Ex-probation chief attacks Jack Straw over student murders

10.06.09
The former head of London Probation has accused Jack Straw of trying to dodge the blame for the murders of French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez... more

Tory: Meaningless jail terms let thug free to kill students

09.06.09
Failings that left a convicted knife thug free to murder two brilliant French students were the result of "utterly meaningless" prison sentences, the Conservatives have claimed... more

Sonnex's two robbery victims 'disgusted' he was freed early to kill

05.06.09
Two previous victims of murderer Dano Sonnex who he subjected to separate armed robberies on the same day, today demanded to know why he had been released from jail early... more

Probation chief attacks failings in the wake of student murders

05.06.09
Fresh concerns over monitoring of freed offenders in London raised after report into capital’s probation service warned of “disappointing” standards... more

Probation blunders left sadist free to kill students

04.06.09
Two French students who were brutally murdered in London by a pair of sadistic killers would never have died but for a series of appalling blunders by probation staff and police... more

Our feeble justice system left these poor men to die

04.06.09
As the killers of two French students in London are found guilty of murder, one criminal justice expert says Whitehall policy blunders are most to blame ... more

Blunders freed killer... after two days he’d struck again

04.06.09
Serious failings across the criminal justice system which led to the brutal murder of French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez can be revealed today... more

My son was intelligent, calm, healthy... joie de vivre personified

04.06.09
The mother of murdered French student Laurent Bonomo today paid tribute to her son, describing him as “joie de vivre personified”... more

Suspect’s court admission that he was inside flat of murdered French students

19.05.09
Murder suspect Dano Sonnex admitted for the first time that he was inside the New Cross flat where two French students were tortured and killed... more

Accused blame each other for murder of French students

14.05.09
The two men accused of butchering two French students both blamed each other for the murders... more

Man accused of student murder ‘planned to burgle actress’

13.05.09
One of the men accused of butchering two French students set out that night to burgle the home of an EastEnders actress, the Old Bailey heard... more

‘Student murders suspect smirked during quizzing’

12.05.09
A woman spoke of her shock as one of the men accused of murdering two French students confessed to her but claimed the police refused to arrest him... more

Suspect seen running from burning murder flat ‘wasn’t bothered’

28.04.09
A man seen running from a blazing flat where two French students were murdered was “not bothered” when a neighbour saw him, a court heard... more

French students ‘were stabbed 250 times in evil, inhuman attack’

27.04.09
Two French students were tortured and stabbed almost 250 times in their home in an attack of “unmitigated evil”, the Old Bailey heard... more

Accused ‘tied up his pregnant foster sister and her boyfriend at knifepoint to demand money’

27.04.09
Four months before the double murder of Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, alleged killer Dano Sonnex tied up his pregnant foster sister at knifepoint and demanded money, the Old Bailey heard... more

Fourth person held over French students' death

10.07.08
A fourth person has been arrested over the murders of two French students... more

Man gives himself up over murders and is told: Wait in the queue

08.07.08
The man who handed himself in over the murders of two French students was told to wait in line at the reception of a south London police station... more

Man, 33, hands himself in over student murders

07.07.08
A man has given himself up to police over the "Tarantino" style murder of two French students... more

Robbers 'tortured French students for bank details'

04.07.08
Detectives investigating the murder of two French students in London revealed that several items including mobile phones had been stolen from their flat... more

Murdered students were brightest of their generation

03.07.08
Four days before Laurent Bonomo's murder his fiancée, Mary Bertez, posted a message on his Facebook page. "Cheri, a little hello from St Paul Sur Vence. Missing you..." ... more

Manhunt after 'Tarantino-style' murder of students

03.07.08
Detectives have launched a massive manhunt after the "Tarantino-style" murder of two French students in London... more

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