Former Gogglebox actress whose nephew was fatally murdered expressed her disappointment that his murderers had not been brought to justice.
Former Channel 4 programme star Sandi Bogle expressed her “sickness” at the fact that Bjorn Brown’s murderers had not been apprehended.
In March 2017, the 23-year-old victim was stabbed in Croydon, south London. Five days later, he passed away from his wounds.
In the past 20 years, there have been hundreds of unresolved manslaughter and murder cases in London.
According to Sky News, 350 murders that occurred in the nation’s capital over the last 20 years and account for 13% of all murder and manslaughter cases remain unsolved.
This covers victims who were shot, strangled, drowned, or stabbed.
At one of his performances, Mr. Brown’s boyhood buddy Stormzy observed a moment of quiet.
Following the death of the father of one child, Ms. Bogle said that there has been a “wall of silence.”
She told Sky News, “It sickens me to think that someone may walk by me and they know who did it.”
It’s frightening because [the murderers] believe they got away with it and could go on to harm someone else.
“I believe it’s awful that they can still get away with it and continue to go about living their lives as if they’ve done nothing wrong,” said the speaker.
Ms. Bogle said that her search for her nephew’s murders would never end.
2,876 killings were reported in the capital between 2002 and 2022.
98 of the 350 unsolved instances were shooting deaths, while 113 involved deaths by “sharp instrument.” 85% of the victims in unsolved homicides were men. A further 148 victims were black.
According to Ms. Bogle, her family is going through the same “heat break” as the relatives of the 350 victims of unsolved crimes.
She said she would never get over the sorrow and expressed concern that the people who killed her nephew’s murderers may do the same to someone else.
The TV personality expressed her wish that the proper individuals be apprehended and noted that “God works in strange ways.”
The incidence of unsolved murders involving black victims, according to the Race Equality Foundation, “is not a random trend.”
Stormzy, Mr. Brown’s boyhood pal, observed a moment of silence after his passing during one of his performances.
According to the charity’s chief executive Jabeer Butt, the Metropolitan Police continues to “fail black victims.”
He also demanded that the Met give its racism action plan top priority.
Investigations are “lengthy and difficult,” said to Commander Paul Brogden, who oversees the Met’s murder and specialised crime command.
He urged for information concerning Mr. Brown’s death and said that unresolved cases are subject to “frequent scrutiny.”
Additionally, he noted that males “of African-Caribbean origin” are disproportionately affected by violence in the city, and that violent crime tends to be greater in “more varied neighbourhoods.”
A call was issued in 2019 by Ms. Bogle celebrity to track out her nephew’s murderers.
New CCTV evidence, featuring Mr. Brown pedalling away from the incident, was released by the police at the same time as the stabbing.
It has been two years since Bjorn was brutally and unexpectedly killed; his life has been taken away, but his murderers are still roaming the streets, said Mrs. Bogle, who in May 2017 pleaded for her nephew’s murderer to turn themselves in to police.
This assault didn’t take place in the dead of night or on a lonely street. It is never too late to reach out to those who were in the neighbourhood at the time because we know they were there.
On March 29, 2017, at about 8.30 p.m., two male suspects were seen on camera riding behind Mr. Brown, who was on his bicycle, on Bensham Lane shortly after the intersection of Kelling Gardens.
The three then circle around and enter Kelling Gardens, where Mr. Brown is said to have been stabbed.
CCTV video captures the moments before and after Bjorn Brown, 23, was stabbed in Croydon.
The two suspects return to Bensham Lane a little while later after being pursued by Mr. Brown on his bike.
Mr. Brown is said to have been trying to bike to a local hospital when he fainted further up the road. A passerby who was driving by helped him and phoned an ambulance. Early on April 3, 2017, he passed away at a hospital.
It was determined by a post-mortem study that he had been stabbed to death.
For information that results in the identify, capture, and conviction of the individual or persons responsible for Mr. Brown’s killing, a £20,000 Crimestoppers reward is also being offered.
The first suspect is described as a black male who is around 5 feet 6 inches tall, with a hefty frame. He was dressed in black pants and a “puffa”-style jacket.
The second suspect is described as a black male, 5 feet 5 inches tall, with an average to slender build. He was also sporting dark “puffa”-style pants and a jacket.
Anyone with information or who saw the stabbing is urged to call the police at 020 8721 4961 and mention case number CAD 1329/03Apr 2017.