Murder & homicide · 1992 · 1990s

Murder of Rachel Nickell

In 1992 Rachel Nickell was stabbed to death on Wimbledon Common in front of her young son. Colin Stagg was wrongly accused before being cleared; Robert Napper later pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility in 2008.

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.