Oct 21 2008
London Murders
It crossed my mind that Friday’s murder is the third that has been committed near accommodation I was living in at the time.
On 23rd June 2004, my first week in London, when I lived on a council estate in Parsons Green, a resident of the estate, 15 year old schoolboy Kieran Rodney-Davis, was killed for his mobile phone.
Later that year, I had moved to Chiswick, and on the 20th October 2004, Robert Symons, a 45 year old teacher, was killed on the doorstep of his £1m home, across from my flat at the time.
And on Friday 18th October 2008, Ashley Kemete, a 20 year old probable criminal was shot outside his home by three gunmen, in a gangland attack, right outside my flat in Kennington. This is the closest yet!
Needless to say, I am getting very fed up of this – London is such a violent dangerous place, and the sacrifice to live here is becomming less and less worth it!
Intresting that all three were killed near their home, two in rough parts of town the other in a wealthy part – which attracted the murderer. I will move again shortly, lets hope this is the end of it.