Chris Summers
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Why Tinder hitman’s five-day lover was left carrying the can after DNA sex alibi failed
At 11.19pm on 30 July 2023 a hitman, wearing a balaclava, a hooded coat and gloves, walked into the Gençlerbirliği social club in Tottenham, north London, aimed his gun at 33-year-old Talip Guzel and ...
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This is the most amazing #truecrime story you'll read this year. Five days after meeting a woman on Tinder, a hitman shot a man dead in London, left the country and left her to explain why her DNA was on the murder weapon. Find out if her DNA sex alibi worked
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This is the most amazing #truecrime story you'll read this year. Five days after meeting a woman on Tinder, a hitman shot a man dead in London, left the country and left her to explain why her DNA was on the murder weapon. Find out if her DNA sex alibi worked
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Why Tinder hitman’s five-day lover was left carrying the can after DNA sex alibi failed
At 11.19pm on 30 July 2023 a hitman, wearing a balaclava, a hooded coat and gloves, walked into the Gençlerbirliği social club in Tottenham, north London, aimed his gun at 33-year-old Talip Guzel and ...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is the most amazing #truecrime story you'll read this year. Five days after meeting a woman on Tinder, a hitman shot a man dead in London, left the country and left her to explain why her DNA was on the murder weapon. Find out if her DNA sex alibi worked
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EXCLUSIVE: Find out why rapper Nines (real name Courtney Freckleton) will be spending Christmas in prison after a stunt to give away cannabis to promote an album went wrong. It's free to subscribe but only paid subscribers can access premium content. (1/2)
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Why rapper and ‘cannabis connoisseur’ Nines will spend Christmas in jail after plan to use weed to promote his album Crop Circle 3
This week Courtney Leon Freckleton - better known to you and me as the rapper Nines - was jailed for 37 months after pleading guilty to three cannabis-related offences.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Find out why rapper Nines (real name Courtney Freckleton) will be spending Christmas in prison after a stunt to give away cannabis to promote an album went wrong. It's free to subscribe but only paid subscribers can access premium content. (1/2)
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This is content you will not find anywhere else. In my most recent #Substack I tell the story of rapper CB (real name Lekan Akinsoji) who was convicted of murder last week. He told the trial jury: "Drill music is violence. That’s what sells." (1/2)
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Drill rapper CB tells jury ‘violence sells’ but fails to talk his way out of a murder rap
In 2017 Ahmed Deen-Jah, known as Grinna, was murdered in a shop in the Custom House district of east London and four years later his brother, who was known as Young Grinna, was also stabbed to death.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is content you will not find anywhere else. In my most recent #Substack I tell the story of rapper CB (real name Lekan Akinsoji) who was convicted of murder last week. He told the trial jury: "Drill music is violence. That’s what sells." (1/2)
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20 years ago London was in the grip of fear - 4 terrorists had blown themselves up (killing 52 people) on 7 July 2005. Then 2 weeks later these four tried to do the same. The following day Jean-Charles Menezes was shot dead by police. Read my #Substack (1/2)
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20 years ago four suicide bombers blew up London but who remembers the bungling copycats?
The 21/7 trial
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July 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
20 years ago London was in the grip of fear - 4 terrorists had blown themselves up (killing 52 people) on 7 July 2005. Then 2 weeks later these four tried to do the same. The following day Jean-Charles Menezes was shot dead by police. Read my #Substack (1/2)
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This is an exclusive. Check out my #Substack to find out about how drill rapper Billy Billions was brought down and how he tried to fool two juries by claiming he made up his violent lyrics just to gain "traction" and make more money. (1/2)
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Even if Billy Billions were not in jail this would have ended his career
The rise and fall of the 98s
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July 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is an exclusive. Check out my #Substack to find out about how drill rapper Billy Billions was brought down and how he tried to fool two juries by claiming he made up his violent lyrics just to gain "traction" and make more money. (1/2)
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In my latest Substack I look at the "time machine murders" - cases from 1967 and 1974 which led to successful prosecutions years later. It's free to subscribe but only paid subscribers get access to premium content
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The time machine murders
On Tuesday (1 July) Ryland Headley was jailed for life for the rape and murder of Louisa Dunne.
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July 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
In my latest Substack I look at the "time machine murders" - cases from 1967 and 1974 which led to successful prosecutions years later. It's free to subscribe but only paid subscribers get access to premium content
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Superb and fascinating interview with a survivor of the 7/7 bombings by
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London bombings: I survived 7/7, but still see the suicide bomber everywhere
Dan Biddle recalls a bright, white flash as a bomb was detonated just metres away from him on a London Underground train.
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July 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Superb and fascinating interview with a survivor of the 7/7 bombings by
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In today's #Substack I'm taking a deep dive into the Boarded Barn murders in Cheshire (UK) in 1979, when two women were killed in a bungled kidnap attempt. It's free to subscribe but only paid subscribers get access to premium content, such as this article
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Flashback to 1979 and a horrific triple murder which shocked Britain, but is now forgotten
The Boarded Barn murders
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April 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In today's #Substack I'm taking a deep dive into the Boarded Barn murders in Cheshire (UK) in 1979, when two women were killed in a bungled kidnap attempt. It's free to subscribe but only paid subscribers get access to premium content, such as this article
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If criminals, like cats, have 9 lives, then Paul Allen has used up three. In the early 2000s he was shot at. In 2018 another gunman tried to kill him and in 2019 a 3rd attempt was made, this time paralysing him. The full story is in my latest #Substack (1/2)
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No end of enemies: But was shooting linked to £54m heist or stolen Ming vase?
The attempted assassination of Paul Allen
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March 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
If criminals, like cats, have 9 lives, then Paul Allen has used up three. In the early 2000s he was shot at. In 2018 another gunman tried to kill him and in 2019 a 3rd attempt was made, this time paralysing him. The full story is in my latest #Substack (1/2)
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to defend someone accused of murder? What would it be like if they suddenly confessed? In today's #Substack barrister Stephen Akinsanya (pictured) told me of the moment when a killer confessed to him - 7 years after..(1/2)
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'I did it': The day a killer I was defending for the second time confessed
The abolition of double jeopardy
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March 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Have you ever wondered what it's like to defend someone accused of murder? What would it be like if they suddenly confessed? In today's #Substack barrister Stephen Akinsanya (pictured) told me of the moment when a killer confessed to him - 7 years after..(1/2)
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When is a gun not a gun? As UK police hold a firearm amnesty in today's #Substack I look at 3D printed guns, antique weapons and TVBFs (like the one pictured). It's free to subscribe but only paid subscribers get access to premium content.
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February 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
When is a gun not a gun? As UK police hold a firearm amnesty in today's #Substack I look at 3D printed guns, antique weapons and TVBFs (like the one pictured). It's free to subscribe but only paid subscribers get access to premium content.
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Today's #Substack is the truly heartbreaking tale of how these four little boys perished in a fire after their mother left them alone, and how she ended up blind. It's free to subscribe but premium content is only available to paid subscribers (1/2)
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January 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today's #Substack is the truly heartbreaking tale of how these four little boys perished in a fire after their mother left them alone, and how she ended up blind. It's free to subscribe but premium content is only available to paid subscribers (1/2)
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Did you know Britain's fascination with true crime dates back to at least 1674? Today's #Substack is all about the mammoth task of digitising the Proceedings of the Old Bailey. I focus on the 1871 murder trial of Edmund Pook. It's free to subscribe (1/2)
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Did you know Britain had been fascinated by true crime since 1674?
You may think the genre of “true crime” began in 1888 with the Jack The Ripper murders, but the British public’s fascination with grisly murders actually goes back to at least the 17th century.
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January 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Did you know Britain's fascination with true crime dates back to at least 1674? Today's #Substack is all about the mammoth task of digitising the Proceedings of the Old Bailey. I focus on the 1871 murder trial of Edmund Pook. It's free to subscribe (1/2)
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Derbyshire police stop use of X
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Police force steps away from X over 'quality and quantity of interactions'
Derbyshire Police says its communities are no longer on X and has asked people to instead follow it on Instagram and Facebook.
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January 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Derbyshire police stop use of X
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Digga D is waiting to find out (at the end of the month) how long he will have to serve in prison after admitting importing and supplying cannabis. In today's #Substack I explain why his own personal consumption of weed was crucial at a special hearing.. (1/2)
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Life as Digga D: Did judge believe drill rapper’s evidence about how much weed he smoked?
If he was just Rhys Herbert he would be a fairly unremarkable figure and his sentencing for importing cannabis would not be worthy of analysis.
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January 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Digga D is waiting to find out (at the end of the month) how long he will have to serve in prison after admitting importing and supplying cannabis. In today's #Substack I explain why his own personal consumption of weed was crucial at a special hearing.. (1/2)
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I wish I'd realised journalists at @theguardian.com were on strike before I bought a copy of the paper today. It's very thin. Almost no bylined content. Certainly not worth £3. I feel cheated.
December 13, 2024 at 9:11 AM
I wish I'd realised journalists at @theguardian.com were on strike before I bought a copy of the paper today. It's very thin. Almost no bylined content. Certainly not worth £3. I feel cheated.
Today's #Substack is about the murder of aspiring teenage rapper Trizzy at a party at a recording studio in Tottenham, North London. It's free to subscribe but paid subscribers get access to premium content.
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Shot in the eye outside a party at Pirate Studios
Tyler 'Trizzy' McDermott
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November 19, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Today's #Substack is about the murder of aspiring teenage rapper Trizzy at a party at a recording studio in Tottenham, North London. It's free to subscribe but paid subscribers get access to premium content.
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If I don't get 10 followers on here within 24 hours then I'm flouncing out and going to back to Twitter like a fickle cat
November 16, 2024 at 11:26 PM
If I don't get 10 followers on here within 24 hours then I'm flouncing out and going to back to Twitter like a fickle cat
My latest #Substack is about the hunt for the body of the wife of a newspaper executive who was kidnapped in 1969 and why her family are at loggerheads with the police. It's free to subscribe but paid subscribers get access to premium content. #truecrime
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Is search for wife of newspaper executive missing since 1969 a wild goose chase or a missed opportunity?
The kidnapping of Muriel McKay
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November 16, 2024 at 11:23 PM
My latest #Substack is about the hunt for the body of the wife of a newspaper executive who was kidnapped in 1969 and why her family are at loggerheads with the police. It's free to subscribe but paid subscribers get access to premium content. #truecrime
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