Murder & homicide · 2000 · 2000s

Murder of Damilola Taylor

In 2000 ten-year-old Damilola Taylor was stabbed with a broken bottle and bled to death in Peckham, south London. After two failed trials, two brothers were convicted of manslaughter in 2010.

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.