09/08/2017 London News

Good evening. I'm Katharine Carpenter.

A fantasist who killed a man in West London before fleeing

to Italy, has been found guilty of murder.

Jason Marshall strangled another man there, and pretended to be a police

officer and secret agent during his attacks.

It was thought his first victim had died in an accidental fire,

until a relative stumbled across a video recording

Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Nick Beake, has the story.

A bungalow in a quiet street in west London. A visitor arrives. He has

come to kill. Over the next few hours while acting out the role of a

policeman, he will attack his victim and leave him for dead. It is all

captured on this CCTV. But Jason Marshall nearly got away with it. On

his way out, he set fire to the property. In 2013, investigators

concluded Peter Fasoli, a 58-year-old with heart problems, had

died in an accidental blaze. Some of Peter Fasoli's possessions,

including his computer, had been recovered from his flat after the

fire. They were kept in storage for more than a year. But then his

nephew, out of curiosity, thought he would have a look at the hard drive.

And at that point he discovered the video that showed his uncle had been

murdered. It is obviously disappointing that the CCTV wasn't

seen until 18 months later, but I'm satisfied with the initial

investigation into the cause of the fire was sufficient. And again,

there was no pathological evidence to suggest third-party involvement.

Marcia Ladd smothered his victim while classic FM played in the

background. He then drained his bank account and fled the country. Three

weeks later, at this flat in Rome, he strangled a 67-year-old, who had

also -- who he had also met online. Days later, posing as an official

from the British Embassy, he tried to kill another man. Marshall was

caught and jailed in Italy for both crimes and brought home to stand

trial for the West London killing. In the dock at the Old Bailey he

claimed he had no memory of the attack. A killer who thought he had

covered his tracks and food investigators. But the emergence of

this evidence has now brought him to justice.

Another teenager has been been stabbed in London,

the second fatal attack in just 24 hours.

When the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner took

office a few months ago, she made it clear that

tackling knife crime would be a "top priority".

Cressida Dick says "using stop and search" would help "bring

We'll hear more about that in a moment but first,

Sonja Jessup reports from Thornton Heath.

Yet another police cordoned in London. Yet another young life lost

to knife crime. This one, a schoolboy just 15 years old. This

latest stabbing happened in Thornton Heath last night. Police and

paramedics rushed down here but couldn't save the teenager. He was

pronounced dead just before midnight. Local residents say they

are sick of the violence. This man told me he is leaving the area. I

was speaking to the guy in the cafe the other day and he said there had

been about 12 stabbings in three weeks. It is madness. They are

killing one another. It is silly. Now I can see lots of changes and

it's hurtful really because a lot of it seems like black gangs, and

they're fighting against each other. Why, I don't know. The murder of the

15-year-old comes just 24 hours after another stabbing, a

19-year-old man killed on the Old Kent Road. 13 victims are known to

have lost their lives to knife crime in the capital so far this year.

That is already more than the previous year, when 12 teenagers

died. And every month, almost 650 young Londoners are victims of

serious violence, most from the poorest and most disadvantaged

communities. It has sparked calls for more use of controversial stop

and search checks. The Home Secretary and the Metropolitan

Police Commissioner Saeed is a useful tool to tackle knife crime.

About one in three stops and searches result in some positive

thing being found in London. It is something you shouldn't have in

essence. So that is quite a high proportion. It's like we're living

in the wild West. Despite the fear over knife crime, some residents are

furious about the use of stop and search. This woman says many don't

trust the police. Thy can't come with their stop and search. They

have been doing it for the last time many years around here. That don't

go down too well. A lot of the officers think because they have got

on that uniform, they think they are Almighty God and they come with this

overpowering aggressiveness. No. A 15-year-old boy who died here has

not been officially identified but he has been named locally. So far,

no arrests have been made. With more on that story,

Charlotte Franks joins me now. What more do we know? As you

mentioned earlier, the Metropolitan police commissioner says tackling

knife crime is her main priority. Cressida Dick has said in the past

she wants her officers to use stop and search. Today the Home

Secretary, Amber Rudd, wrote an open letter in the Times newspaper where

she supported the use of stop and search. Three years ago the previous

Home Secretary, Theresa May, told officers to stop using the tactic.

She said it had been used too much. It was reduced by around 60%. Today

there is a move to increase it. It is something they mayor Sadiq Khan

has been talking about. Nobody is suggesting we should have stopped

and search used on an industrial scale. Nobody is saying there should

be indiscriminate use of stop and search. I understand. I have been

one of the biggest critics of the disproportion is use of stop and

search. -- disproportionate. But the game changer is not simply better

training of police officers, but the video means when you encounter a

police officer, that encounter will be recorded. Body worn video is the

largest in the world. The true test of course in this increased use of

stop and search will be whether or not it does bring knife crime down

in the capital. Thank you very much. They're better known

for transportation than trendy restaurants,

but shipping containers are fast becoming the new home of shops

and businesses in the capital. The latest temporary

development will be in a car park in Camberwell, where

the news has received a mixed reception, as Gareth Furby

has been finding out. It's a car park in Camberwell,

but soon it could be filling up with these,

shipping containers, and turning into a new restaurant

and retail centre based on a new use If it happens, it'll be

the fifth in London. In Shoreditch, where this

all started back in 2011, the businesses inside

the boxes seem happy. Tristan pays ?40,000 a year in rent

for two units for his fried chicken It's in desirable locations

and the property scene in London is almost unattainable

at many levels. So you can do it with a little

capital and a little For this man, a cook, it meant

he could stop working for others Once you get used to the small

space, it's absolutely fine. It's actually quite

exciting knowing that this is a shipping container

and what you kind of like do. In Camberwell, where the debate over

plans for the latest container retail park is just beginning,

some high street shops I know they've got something similar

in Brixton, just down the road, and to bring it to Camberwell

as well, it's definitely an up-and-coming area,

I think it's fantastic. There's always going to be

competition in London, I've always been in business

and I've always thrived on it because it keeps

you on your toes. But some residents who live

near to the proposed Camberwell It may be trendy, but I

think it's quite ugly. I think that they could

have something more Kieran, a youth worker from Brixton,

says such gentrification could end up effectively segregating people

on high streets based on income. The speed it's happening

in south London and in areas like Brixton and in Woolworth,

Elephant Castle creates a separation between the people that

are able to consume new pop-up products and those that are not able

to consume those things. But many who use these

places disagree. The Camberwell project is said

to be at an early stage and there will be further

discussions with nearby residents. But let's find out

what the weather's up Conditions can't get worse in August

than they did today. Tomorrow is looking better. Dry with sunny

spells. Overnight it will take a while for the cloud and rain to

clear away. Dreyer across London and the Home Counties. -- drier. A

chilly night. Into Thursday, a cloudy start. Outbreaks of rain

across Kent and showers into the afternoon. But generally speaking, a

better afternoon. Sunshine and feeling quite warm. As we head

towards Friday, a glorious start for a tent and London. Lots of sunshine

before the next weather system moves in. Thicker cloud, strengthening

breeze, outbreaks of rain. The rain will clear away on Friday night and

it is looking pretty good for the weekend. Plenty of sunshine around.

Temperatures 22 degrees. Stay tuned for the national weather.

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