In recent years, the British economy has been sluggish, and public security has become worse and worse, and two years ago, some Hong Kong media exposed that Britain has closed six or seven hundred police stations in order to drastically cut costs in the past 10 years, which accounts for almost half of the total, and pointed out that several cities such as Bath are now completely free of police stations. With the reduction of the police force, the law and order situation in the United Kingdom will inevitably deteriorate. Even Hong Kong's "senior yellow silk" Zhou Xiaolong also posted many times last year to complain and criticize the London police, claiming that his car was smashed in the parking lot, but the London police suspended the investigation on the grounds of "insufficient evidence and clues", which made Zhou Xiaolong angry, and bluntly said that the London police's approach gave him a "lesson", and also made a large number of Hong Kong netizens come to eat melons and thank: "You have to have backbone, the road is your own choice, please continue to hold on." ”
There are a lot of encounters like Zhou Xiaolong, and there are often revelations in the circle of Hong Kong people who move to the UK, such as a car that was stolen and called the police and was directly "ignored" by the British police and shouted "so disappointed", even if the owner provided the police with the address of the vehicle after the GPS theft many times, he was still ignored by the British police;
And the most infuriating thing is that recently, a woman from Hong Kong who moved to Britain died tragically in a mansion in central London, and the deceased's friends called the police twice before they were found, but the British police did not go to the police until the next morning. And the woman has become a cold corpse.
The tragedy occurred on the evening of April 7, when a 27-year-old Hong Kong woman in the UK was killed in a £4 million mansion near Hyde Park in central London, with multiple stab wounds. At the time of the incident, neighbors heard creepy screams. At present, the police have not identified the killer, but have launched a murder investigation, claiming that it may have been committed by an acquaintance.
According to British media reports, the murder occurred in a famous mansion area in London, and the victim woman lived alone in a five-bedroom townhouse located in Bayswater Steinhope Square. Before the incident, the victim's friend had called the police several times, saying that she was missing. However, the police did not take immediate action after receiving the report, and did not arrive at the scene until the next morning, when they found the victim a cold corpse.
After the incident, the Metropolitan Police quickly launched a murder investigation. At the same time, the police also admitted that they had received the report the night before the incident, but there were delays in handling it. The London Metropolitan Police Commissioner admitted that the police had actually been informed of the possible danger to the victim's personal safety the night before the incident. In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said that at 7:05 p.m. on April 7, the victim's friend called the police for the first time to report his disappearance, and the police set the police record level to "medium-risk missing person". Two and a half hours later, at about 9:34 p.m., police received another call from the same person. But it wasn't until 8:30 a.m. on April 8 that police arrived at the victim's home and broke down the door to find her body.
As the investigation deepened, the police found that the mansion where the victim lived was equipped with a video access control system, and there was no sign of forcible entry before the crime. Therefore, the police deduced that the murderer was likely someone known to the victim woman. This discovery provides new clues to the detection of the case, but it also makes the victim's family and friends feel more grief and anger.
After the incident, the apartment near the crime was cordoned off by the police, the police patrolled the scene, several forensic vans were parked outside, and the crime scene team was still working inside the apartment. Multiple plastic identification bags can be seen outside the house, showing the intensity and meticulousness of the investigation. Police said the victim was found with multiple stab wounds, and an autopsy determined that the cause of death was a sharp weapon injury.
As of now, the homicide investigation has entered its fourth day, but the police have not released the identity of the suspect. According to nearby residents, they believe that the address where the victim lived was used as an Airbnb, which was rented by the Ethiopian embassy four years ago. On the night of the incident, they heard sounds similar to "partying", including loud music and shouting. One of the neighbours said that three couriers knocked on the wrong door on the night of the incident and mistakenly delivered the food ordered by the victim to his home.
An elderly neighbor recalled in an interview: "On Sunday night, I did hear very shrill shouting coming from that direction. I was very sensitive to sound, and in the midst of a series of screams, I remember two times when the screams were unusual. There was no sound but screaming, and then there was silence. I was in my room and I was like, 'This is weird.'" Then I remember a noise coming from the other side of my house. ”
The occurrence of this case once again aroused netizens' concerns about the security situation in the UK.