96:, ruled that Cunningham had been unlawfully killed. The inquest heard that despite interviewing 800 people police had failed to locate his killers. The court also heard allegations that Cunningham had been seen with three underage girls the day prior to his murder. Rumours had also been spread in the area that Cunningham had sexually assaulted a two-year-old girl, which police found no evidence to support.
76:
The murder took place less than 50 metres from The Corner Pin public house on a night with a
Champions League football match and a short distance from a greyhound track that was host to a race that evening. Despite that all witnesses interviewed by police reported having seen or heard no suspicious
83:
that the crime was "the murder nobody wants to help solve". Detective Chief
Inspector Nick Scola told the paper that "There may be people who know something but are refusing to tell us, and are using Mr Cunningham's background, the paedophile tag, to justify it to themselves". Detective Chief
65:
Police believe
Cunningham let his killer into his caravan as there was no sign of forced entry or a struggle. Cunningham was repeatedly stabbed in the chest, throat and neck. His body was found naked with his genitals mutilated. £6,000 in cash was stolen from the caravan.
84:
Inspector Scola also stated that "...even in a situation like this...taking someone's life is wrong, regardless of that person's background. I would also remind people that there is a killer still out there and a killer is a killer no matter which way you look at it."
38:. Cunningham, a 52-year-old convicted sex offender, was stabbed to death in an attack described as "frenzied" by Deputy Coroner Dr Shirley Radcliffe and "sadistic" by Detective Inspector Alison Hepworth of the Homicide and Major Crime Command.
226:
221:
57:
with a 15-year-old girl. At the time of his murder, he was working as a lorry driver and was living in a caravan outside the haulage company he worked for.
191:
236:
149:
211:
231:
206:
167:
201:
126:
93:
216:
73:
killing as the most likely motive whilst not ruling out a robbery with the possibility the genital mutilation was a ruse.
35:
45:
offer a reward of £20,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and prosecution of those responsible.
196:
42:
99:
Cunningham's sister told the inquest the area in which
Cunningham was murdered was "swamped" with
17:
131:
79:
54:
30:
On 10 December 2008, Andrew
Cunningham was murdered in his caravan in Riverside Road,
185:
31:
70:
100:
150:"Paedophile was entertaining girls day before he was murdered"
53:
Cunningham, a father of five, was imprisoned in 2001 for
103:
and she was "dubious as to why they were switched off."
92:
In
November 2012, Dr Shirley Radcliffe, sitting at the
168:"Police renew appeal to find paedophile's killer"
8:
144:
142:
227:History of the London Borough of Wandsworth
222:December 2008 events in the United Kingdom
120:
118:
116:
127:"The murder nobody wants to help solve"
112:
27:2008 murder case in the United Kingdom
77:activity. This led to suggestions in
7:
41:The crime remains unsolved and the
192:2008 murders in the United Kingdom
25:
237:Vigilantism against sex offenders
69:Police have identified a revenge
18:Andrew Cunningham (sex offender)
1:
212:Deaths by stabbing in London
36:London Borough of Wandsworth
125:Mark Hughes (1 July 2009).
94:Westminster Coroner's Court
253:
232:Unsolved murders in London
207:Deaths by person in London
202:2000s murders in London
87:
217:December 2008 crimes
172:Wandsworth Guardian
154:Wandsworth Guardian
43:Metropolitan Police
174:. 3 December 2014.
156:. 9 November 2012.
132:Independent.co.uk
88:Coroner's inquest
16:(Redirected from
244:
176:
175:
164:
158:
157:
146:
137:
136:
122:
21:
252:
251:
247:
246:
245:
243:
242:
241:
182:
181:
180:
179:
166:
165:
161:
148:
147:
140:
124:
123:
114:
109:
90:
80:The Independent
63:
51:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
250:
248:
240:
239:
234:
229:
224:
219:
214:
209:
204:
199:
197:2008 in London
194:
184:
183:
178:
177:
159:
138:
111:
110:
108:
105:
89:
86:
62:
59:
50:
47:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
249:
238:
235:
233:
230:
228:
225:
223:
220:
218:
215:
213:
210:
208:
205:
203:
200:
198:
195:
193:
190:
189:
187:
173:
169:
163:
160:
155:
151:
145:
143:
139:
134:
133:
128:
121:
119:
117:
113:
106:
104:
102:
97:
95:
85:
82:
81:
74:
72:
67:
60:
58:
56:
48:
46:
44:
39:
37:
33:
19:
171:
162:
153:
130:
98:
91:
78:
75:
68:
64:
55:unlawful sex
52:
40:
29:
186:Categories
107:References
49:Background
32:Earlsfield
71:vigilante
34:, in the
61:Murder
101:CCTV
188::
170:.
152:.
141:^
129:.
115:^
135:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.