Murder & homicide · 2005 · 2000s

Murder of Anthony Walker

In 2005 Black teenager Anthony Walker was murdered with an axe in Huyton, Merseyside, in a racist attack. Two men were convicted of his murder and the case prompted national debate about racism and knife crime.

This summary is written in our own words from published historical sources. Map locations are approximate. Every case in the archive is at least ten years old.