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Chronicles of crime: the crime news, as it unfolded, day by day. Based on the ongoing feature in True Crime magazine. Chronicles of Crime: November 2007 1/11/2007 NORDIN BENALLAL, a prisoner in Belgium known as “The Eel” because of his escape skills, has been recaptured in the Netherlands after a fourth prison break. Benallal was caught in The Hague after being... more » 2/11/2007 TODD MUNTER, 36, has been charged with murder after attacking Ken Proctor, who he believed was breaking strict drought-induced water restrictions in Sydney. Mr. Proctor, a 66-year-old retired lorry dr... more » PUNK PIONEER SLAIN 2/11/2007 LINDA STEIN, one of the pioneers of punk rock, who later became an estate agent to many of the world’s stars, has been found bludgeoned to death at her luxury apartment in New York. Her body was disco... more » 5/11/2007 A CRICKET match in Orlando, Florida, ended in bloodshed after a fielder shot a batsman. The shooting took place when Francis Singh, 36, threatened Devan Bascom with his bat. Bascom, 37, pulled out a g... more » 6/11/2007 RICHARD HANSON, 21, described by psychiatrists as untreatable, has been sentenced to life at Leeds Crown Court for randomly killing teenager Gemma Roberts. Earlier that day in September 2006, Hanson, ... more » 6/11/2007 POLICE IN Italy are celebrating the arrest of another Mafia leader, who had been tipped to become the next “Boss of Bosses.” Salvatore Lo Piccolo, 65, convicted of murder and on the run since 1983, wa... more » 9/11/2007 THE JURY at the High Court in Glasgow has found John McAvoy guilty of murdering Tony Blair, 21, and attempting to murder six-months-pregnant Veronica Miller by an arson attack on Miss Miller’s home. ... more » 9/11/2007 POLICE IN Bangkok have arrested a serial killer who has been beating sleeping security guards to death. Witaya Jaikhan, 30, himself a security guard, killed 10 sleeping men with an iron bar or a woode... more » EXPAT STABBED AS HUSBAND LISTENS 11/11/2007 JANETTE MAY Grocutt, 74, a British pensioner living in Spain, was stabbed to death while her disabled bed-bound husband listened to her screams, unable to help. Police believe she was killed after int... more » 17/11/2007 A JUDGE in Saudi Arabia has ordered a victim of a gang rape to receive 200 lashes for being alone with a male who was not a relative. He also jailed her for six months. The 21-year-old woman, 19 at th... more » 20/11/2007 BRENDAN McGAHERN, 28, received a mandatory life term when a jury of eight men and four women at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin found he murdered Amy Farrell after she gave evidence against a fri... more » 20/11/2007 JAMES HURLEY, who escaped from custody while serving life for murdering an off-duty policeman, has been apprehended by detectives investigating a suspected cannabis farm in the Netherlands. Dubbed Bri... more » 21/11/2007 CONVICTED KILLER and rapist Ian Horgan received an extra eight years prison term at Cork Circuit Criminal Court for committing an armed robbery while out on bail. Horgan, 23, is currently serving 12 y... more » 22/11/2007 FORMER BOXER Peter Muscat has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Michael Evans at Cardiff Crown Court. The 19-year-old victim, a hairdresser, was on a night out with friends in November 2006 whe... more » 22/11/2007 A SPANISH man who begged his estranged girl friend to marry him on live television has appeared in court charged in connection with her death. Ricardo Navarro, 30, got down on his knees, crying, to of... more » 23/11/2007 DAVID CROKE, who was jailed for life in 2002 for killing Mohammed Raja, a business rival of multi-millionaire Nicholas van Hoogstraten, hanged himself in top-security Whitemore Prison, Cambridgeshire ... more » 24/11/2007 GARETH LARMOUR, 23, from Warminster, Wiltshire, appeared at Bristol Crown Court for sentencing after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Jonpaul Preece, who died when hit over the head with a fence... more » 27/11/2007 DETECTIVES IN New Zealand have launched a murder inquiry after a young Maori mother died and a teenage girl had her eyes gouged out during an exorcism. Janet Moses, 22, had her eyes scratched out and ... more » 27/11/2007 NORTH KOREA has resumed public executions, one of the victims being a factory chief accused of making international phone calls. He was shot dead at a stadium before thousands of spectators.... more » 28/11/2007 BUSINESSMEN IN Sicily who risked their lives by taking a stand against extortion rackets vowed to “fight to the end” after the Mafia hit back by attacking a key campaign headquarters and stealing docu... more » 28/11/2007 AN AMERICAN football star, nicknamed the “Meast” because his aggressive style made him seem half-man half-beast, died after being shot by an intruder at his mansion near Miami. Sean Taylor, 24, was as... more »
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