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Accused blame each other for murder of French students

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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

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

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

Straw takes 'full responsibility' for errors

04.06.09
Justice Secretary Jack Straw said he took "full responsibility" for the probation service failings that left Dano Sonnex free to kill... more

The election is meant to be about Europe

04.06.09
Most political players have abandoned the pretence that today’s elections to the European parliament have anything to do with Europe... more

History of horrific violence

04.06.09
The Sonnex family was feared across south London. Bernie Sonnex, the father, has 47 convictions, including drugs and firearms offences and has been jailed six times. His wife Kathleen Quinlan left him... 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

Fourth person held over French students' death

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

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