On the afternoon of 23 March 1988, Deborah Linsley was murdered on a train between Petts Wood and London Victoria stations in Greater London. Although there were about 70 people on the train, and Lins
British Rail 4EPB train no. 5115, the one on which Linsley was killed, in 1990
Interior layout diagram of a compartment coach with no corridor
Victoria Station's concourse (May 1988) seen from around platform 2, where Linsley's train arrived
On 3 June 1991, 21-year-old Alison Shaughnessy was stabbed to death in the stairwell of her flat near Clapham Junction station. Shaughnessy was newly married, but her husband was having an affair with
Murder of Deborah Linsley
…List of unsolved murders in the United Kingdom Murder of Alison Shaughnessy – another high-profile stabbing of a woman in London in 1991 UK cold cases where the offender's DNA is known…
Vardens Road, shown in 2013. Shaughnessy's flat, the site of the murder, is the one to the rear of the lamppost.
The flat where the murder occurred is only 400 meters (440 yards) from Clapham Junction station.
The Old Bailey in central London, where the trial was held
The Taylors were freed at the Court of Appeal in 1993.