Progress Report
A viewer called in to identify one of the two men who had robbed a London Building society.
A man had been arrested in connection with the rape of a German tourist in the New Forest.
Police had also received over 300 calls in relation to the murders of Gary Collins and Christopher Laverack.
A call from an anonymous caller had led police to re-open a file in the Beryl Culverwell murder.
New leads had also been found in the case of the Manchester Bogeyman who had been tricking his way into pensioners homes to rob them.
Janice Weston Murder
Solicitor Janice Weston was found in a ditch near the A1 in Cambridgeshire on 11th September 1983.
She had been bludgeoned to death.
She had last been seen in her office the day before. When police investigated Ms Weston's house, they found evidence of an unfinished meal. She had apparently left in a hurry, leaving behind her handbag.
Her car had been stolen, presumably by her killer. It later turned up in Camden with a new licence plate and one of the tyres having been replaced.
The motive is unknown. Ms Weston's purse was inside her car with all the money inside and there was no sign of any sexual assault.
Status: Unsolved
Her case was re-opened in 2023 but no new leads have been found.
Church Fires
On 19th March 1984, a fire broke out at St Peters Church in Sunderland. A man had been seen entering the church minutes before carrying a brown holdall.
Police linked this to another fire at St Oswald's Church in Durham on 7th March.
In both cases a caravan magazine had been used to start the fire.
Status: Unknown
Unable to find any meaningful information after the fires.
Incident Desk
Anthony Littler Murder
45 year old Anthony Littler was murder close to East Finchley tube station on 1st May 1984. He had suffered severe trauma to the head.
Police were looking for any witnesses who had seen Littler on the train that evening but in particular, they wanted to hear from the anonymous man who had called the ambulance after seeing Mr Littler in a pool of blood.
Status: Ongoing
In 2025, two men were charged with Mr Littler's murder. They are due for trial in April 2026.
Mark Billington
15 year old Mark Billington disappeared from his home in Birmingham on 1st September 1984. He had ridden out on his bike early in the afternoon but never returned.
Status: Unsolved
Mark was later found hanging from a tree just outside Coventry. Initially thought to be a suicide, it soon became a murder investigation.
Despite appeals and the case being reopened in 2002, nobody has been charged with the murder.
Building Society Robber
An armed gunman who robbed three building societies in Leeds and Sheffield.
Status: Solved
'Pink Panther' raider David Miller, stole £23,000 from building societies in eight different counties. He was arrested in May 1985 and sentenced to nine years in October.
Shropshire Star, 4th October 1985
Minicab Murders
Investigating Officer: John Pole, Metropolitan Police
Possibly racially motivated murder of two minicab drivers in south London.
Stephen Sylvester had taken a fare in the early hours of 17th November 1983.
His car was found in the short-term car park at Heathrow Airport on 21st November. His body was found in the boot of his car and he had been stabbed multiple times in a frenzied attack.
A British Army dagger was found in the car but was not the murder weapon.
On 30th March 1984, Pardeep Sangha was murdered in similar circumstances.
A US army knife was later found which the police believe to have been the murder weapon.
Status: Unsolved
Police believe the killer to have been a tall man, racially motivated and with a special interest in knives.
However, due to a lack of witnesses and limited ability of forensic evidence at the time, nobody has ever been linked to the murder.
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