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This list is intended to give both an historic and a modern look at murder. With both new and old cases included it is hoped that a more complete picture will be available. This list only contains murders committed by men.   This section currently has information on 50 cases

 

Ingall, George William
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Ingham, John Percival
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Insole, Richard
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Irwin, William James
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Ismail, Mohamed
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Ison, Henry
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Ingall, George William

George was 69-years-old and had retired after 40 years' on the railways. He and his 65-year-old wife, Elvina, moved to a new home in 1959 and within a short time he had battered her with an axe. He informed the police of what he had done and told them 'I don't know why I did it, because we had been such good friends.'

He pleaded insanity at his trial at Birmingham Assizes in December 1959. The jury returned a verdict of guilty but insane . He was sentenced to be detained during Her Majesty's Pleasure and was sent to Broadmoor.

Ingham, John Percival

This a very sad case where an unecessary death occured for no other reason than that of old age and confusion. John Ingham was a 71-year-old retired retail manager and he had been quite ill for a couple of months. His wife, Louise Kate Ingham, also 71, was due to go into hospital for a serious operation to repair her growing deafness. Just before she went for no apparent reason he attacked her with a coal hammer beating her to death.

At his trial for murder at Liverpool Crown Court on 5th June 1957 he was found unfit to plead and was ordered to be detained during Her Majesty's Pleasure.

Insole, Richard

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Irwin, William James

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Ismail, Mohamed

At his trial at Sheffield Assizes on 25th February 1969, Ismail was found insane and unfit to plead. Ismail was a 30-year-old unemployed labourer and a native of British Somaliland. He was thoroughly depressed with his situation that he wanted to commit suicide. This was contrary to his religion and if he carried through with the deed he would go to Hell. He would be all right, though, if he killed someone else first and was then executed.

So, one evening he wandered into a public house, pulled out a revolver and started shooting. When the smoke cleared from his five shots, three men lay dead, 21-year-old Michael McFarlane, 29-years-old Thomas Owen and 32-year-old George Frederick Morris. Two others were wounded.

Medical opinion was that he was a paranoid schizophrenic and totally insane. He was sentenced to be detained in strict custody during Her Majesty's Pleasure.

Ison, Henry

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