Wikipedia:WikiProject British crime/Wanted Articles

This is a missing topics list for crime in the United Kingdom, covering events and criminals, on behalf of WikiProject British Crime.

Criminal conflicts[edit]

The Conspiracy of London (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Peterhead prison riot - Scotland (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Murders and assassinations[edit]

Bedstead Suffocations (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Bingham Family murders (
- wp
- g
- b
)
British child murders (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Gorse Hall Mystery, murder case - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Green Bicycle Mystery (murder of Bella Wright) - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Houndsditch Murders (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Operation Enigma, a series of unsolved murders between 1987 and 1994 (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Popgun plot, failed assassination of George III of the UK in 1794 - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Riddle of Birdhurst Rise, poisoning in Croydon, UK - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
South Croydon murders (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Wiltshire murders (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Murderers[edit]

Alfred John Monson, Ardlamont Mystery - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Alfred and Albert Stratton, first to be convicted of murder using fingerprinting (
- wp
- g
- b
) - see Stratton Brothers case
Amelia Dyer (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Ann Beddingfield (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Arthur Henry Bishop (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Black Dick (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Denise Labbe, UK, infanticide - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Dr. Edward William Pritchard (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Elizabeth Butchill (1758-1780), British woman sentenced of infanticide - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Frances Howarol (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Henry Wainwright (
- wp
- g
- b
)
James Camb, British murderer - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
James Hamcutty (
- wp
- g
- b
)
John Donald Merrett, Edinburgh murderer - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
John Hugh (
- wp
- g
- b
)
John Williams (murderer), Ratcliffe Highway murders (1811) - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Lee Gaytor and Tracy Reid (criminal) Scottish murderers -(
- wp
- g
- b
)
Maninder Pal Singh Kohli murderer of Hannah Foster (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Mary Ann Barry (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Neville Heath, (1917-1946) British murderer - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Patrick Mahon, British murderer - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Pierre Henri Alexandre (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Richard John Bungham (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Robert Howard (murderer) murderer of Hannah Williams (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Ronald Jabson, Babes in wood murderer - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Roland B. Molineux, Knickerbocker murderer - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Samuel Dougal, British murderer - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Samuel Green (murderer), arch-murderer (1817-1822) - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Tony Mancini, British trunk murderer - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Walter Graham Rowland (
- wp
- g
- b
)
William Bartlett (murderer) (
- wp
- g
- b
)
William Kirwan, murderer of Ireland's Eye - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Elizabeth Vamplew (
- wp
- g
- b
)
David Mazey (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Harold Jones (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Assassins and hitmen[edit]

Serial killers[edit]

Drug dealers[edit]

Forgers[edit]

Charles Black and Brian Kating, counterfeiting - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Constantine Simonides, alleged document forger in Victorian England - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Dorman David, forger - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Jose Beraha or Jose Berara, counterfeiter- (
- wp
- g
- b
) / (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Real Lessard, purveyor of art forgeries - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Thomas J. Wyse "The Secret Emperor and Great Lama of Forgers" - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
William Brockway, counterfeiter - (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Fraud[edit]

Fraudsters[edit]

George Macdonnel, Edwin Noyes, George and Austin Bidwell (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Marc Colombo (financier), Lloyds' financial trader who caused millions of losses - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Mark Ledley, con artist - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Thomas Osmond, faked a suicide to avoid a sex offence trial - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Sheridan Leslie Scott (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Ernest Terah Hooley (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Impostors[edit]

Gamblers[edit]

Organized crime[edit]

Operation Atrium, Bristol-based police crackdown on Yardie activity (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Operation Safeguard (Leeds police), Leeds-based police crackdown on Yardie activity (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Operation Stirrup, Leeds-based police crackdown on Yardie activity (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Gangsters[edit]

Billy Hart, member of Freddie Foreman's criminal organization (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Tommy Wisbey, participant in the The Great Train Robbery (
- wp
- g
- b
)
John Barrie, member of the Kray's organization imprisoned in 1969 for his involvement in the murder of rival gangster Jack "the Hat" McVite. (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Joey Napolitano, American mobster deported from Great Britain for rigging games at the London Villa Casino during the 1950s and 60s. (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Victor "Scarface Jack" Russo, London gangster and associate of Billy Hill during the 1950s. (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Richard Castucci, American mobster deported from Great Britain for rigging games at the London Villa Casino during the 1950s and 60s. (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Francis Roy Adkins (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Noonans (
- wp
- g
- b
)
McKenzies (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Fergsons (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Organisations[edit]

Turkish organised crime in Great Britain (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Kurdish organised crime in Great Britain (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Geordie crime syndicate (
- wp
- g
- b
) or Geordie crime firm (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Liverpool crime syndicate (
- wp
- g
- b
) or Liverpool crime firm (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Communist Bloc groups (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Street gangs[edit]

King's Cross Gang, Soho street gang prominent during the 1940s. (
- wp
- g
- b
)
The Tongs (
- wp
- g
- b
)
The Tois (
- wp
- g
- b
)
The Govans (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Powery (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Ruchill Boys (
- wp
- g
- b
)
The Monks (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Williamson gang - (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Yardies[edit]

Daniel "Gun Power" Lowe, Yardie gunman wanted for the murder of a 17-year-old boy. (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Pirates[edit]

James Kelly (16??-1701), English (
- wp
- g
- b
)
William Phillips (16??-1724), English (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Lionel Wafer (c. 1660-1705), English (
- wp
- g
- b
)
John Cooke [Cook] (16??-1683), English (
- wp
- g
- b
)
John Coxon (16??-1689), English (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Peter Harris (16??-1680), English (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Richard Hawkins (16??-16??), English (
- wp
- g
- b
)
George Hout [d'Hout] (16??-16??), English (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Thomas Magott (16??-17??), (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Smugglers[edit]

John Carr (criminal) (
- wp
- g
- b
)
John and Harry Carter (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Colonial Office Bombing (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Daniel Coppinger (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Pierre-Joel Delaitre (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Thomas Johnson (criminal) (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Kingsmill Gang (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Terrorists[edit]

Individuals[edit]

Brian Nelson, former British soldier and member of the Ulster Defense Association (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Hillary Ann Creek (
- wp
- g
- b
), a member of the Angry Brigade involved in letter bombing.
Rex Francis Farran (
- wp
- g
- b
), a murder victim who was mistakenly killed by a IRA bomb meant for his brother and war hero Roy Farran.
James Greenfield (
- wp
- g
- b
), a member of the Angry Brigade involved in letter bombing.
Monty Harris (
- wp
- g
- b
), attempted to smuggle explosive to Israel.
Anna Mendleson (
- wp
- g
- b
), a member of the Angry Brigade involved in letter bombing.
James Richards (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Thomas Joseph Williams (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Highwaymen[edit]

Graverobbers[edit]

Miscellaneous crimes[edit]

Cambridge investigation - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Druce Affair - (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Miscellaneous crime-related people[edit]

John Charnocke, Catholic conspirator - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Robert Barnewell, Catholic conspirator - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Harry Nichols, pornographer (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Corruption[edit]

Law enforcement[edit]

Jerry Bentham (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Thomas Butler (murderer) (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Sir George William Campbell (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Francis Edward Camps (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Fred Cherrill (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Robert Churchill (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Walter Frederick Crofton (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Margaret Damer Dawson (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Sir Thomas De Veil (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Walter Dew (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Edmund Frederick du Cane (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Andrew Ducan (
- wp
- g
- b
)
John Glaister, Jr. (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Charles B. Goring (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Julius Grant (
- wp
- g
- b
)
William Jones Hershel (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Cecil Rolf Hewitt (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Sir Richard Leofric Jackson (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Sir Percy Laurie (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Gerald Roche Lynch (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Hermann Mannheim (
- wp
- g
- b
)
W.L. Melville-Lee (
- wp
- g
- b
)
George Oldfield (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Augustus Joseph Pepper (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Peter D. Scott (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Robert Donald Teare (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Howard Vincent (
- wp
- g
- b
)
William Henry Willcox (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Adolphus Frederick Williamson (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Sir John Woodcock (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Politicians[edit]

Samuel Bellson (
- wp
- g
- b
)
John Richard Hammersley (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Trevor Ernest Heath (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Sir Christopher Llewe (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Anthony A. Cooper Shaftesbury (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Patrick Stewart (politician) (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Prisons[edit]

Prostitution[edit]

Rapists[edit]

James Lloyd (shoe rapist) - (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Witchcraft[edit]

Estelle Roberts (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Clive Holmes (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Mary Bateman (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Murder Victims[edit]

Helen McCourt - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Daniel Nolan - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Jenny Abbot - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Alistair Wilson - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Lyn Bryant - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Julia Webb - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Kate Bushell - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Richard Watson (murder victim) - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
David Spencer (murder victim) - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Patrick Warren - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Janet Brown (murder victim) - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Tracey Mertens - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Lindsay Jo Rimer - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Megan Tooze - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Henry Tooze - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Jean Bradley - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Penny Bell - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Gwenda Dixon - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Peter Dixon - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Nicola Fellows - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Karen Hadaway - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Lesley Molseed - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Judith Roberts (murder victim) - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Barbara Mayo - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Jackie Ansell-Lamb - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Helen Puttock - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Jemima McDonald - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Patricia Docker - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Elizabeth Figg - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Gwynneth Rees - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Hannah Tailford - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Irene Lockwood - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Helene Barthelemy - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Margaret McGowan - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Bridget O'Hara - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Mary Fleming (murder victim) (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Julia Wallace - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Bella Wright - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Marion Gilchrist - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Amelie Delagrange - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Caroline Mary Luard, Luard Case (murder victim) - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Hannah Foster, abducted and murdered seventeen year-old from Southampton - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Norma Upchurch, London prostitute - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Jessie James (murder victim), murdered fifteen year old from greater Manchester September 2006 - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Stacey Queripel, seven year old girl murder victim - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Harry Barham, London bookmaker - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Marie Bailes - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Annie Austin - (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Maxine Arnold and Terry Gooderham - (
- wp
- g
- b
) (
- wp
- g
- b
)
Emily Armstrong - (
- wp
- g
- b
)

Missing Topics Lists[edit]

MurderUK.com missing topics list (Abbot-Young) - 117 articles left

Notes[edit]

References include:

Jones, Richard Glyn. (ed.) True Crime Through History. Paragon, 2004. ISBN 1841198498
Morton, James. Gangland: Underworld in Britain and Ireland. Little Brown Book Group Limited, 2006. ISBN 0-7515-1406-3
Thompson, Tony. Gangland Britain. Coronet Books, 1995. ISBN 0-3406-0825-0
Spraggs, Gillian. Outlaws and Highwaymen: The Cult of the Robber in England from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century. Pimlico, 2002. ISBN 0-7126-6479-3
The World's Most Infamous Crimes and Criminals. New York: Gallery Books, 1987. ISBN 0-8317-9677-4