2022 mass stabbing in England
On 25 April 2022, four people were stabbed to death in Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom.
In the early hours of 25 April, neighbours heard screams from a three-bedroomed terraced house in Delaford Road, Bermondsey, in south London, England. Police attended at 1:40 am, discovering the bodies of three women and a man inside the house. They were a 64-year-old Jamaican woman, her 58-year-old partner, as well as her 45-year-old daughter, and 28-year-old granddaughter.
Police arrested a 28-year-old man at the scene and said they are not looking for anyone else. On 28 April, the man, Joshua Jacques (born 19 April 1994), was charged with four counts of murder.
On 1 March 2024, Jacques was found guilty of four counts of murder at the Old Bailey. He was sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 46 years. Mr Justice Bryan described the attack as a "horrific catalogue of murders", and mentioned Jacques' increasing use of skunk cannabis leading up to the murders.
On 7 March 2024, HM Inspectorate of Probation released a report detailing a series of failings in the handling of Jacques by the Probation Service, given that he was on probation following a 51 month drugs-related custodial sentence at the time of the murders.
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