Short0:40Fulham, LondonMurder of Claire Tiltman (Greenhithe 1993)
SOLVEDAlley off London Road, Greenhithe, Kent, UK0:31
Claire Tiltman was killed in Greenhithe on 18 January 1993, four days after her 16th birthday. A jury convicted Colin Ash-Smith of her murder in December 2014.
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21 years later, a jury convicted Claire Tiltman's killer. Claire did not reach her friend's house. In January 1993, Claire Tiltman was killed in Greenhithe. Years later, a cellmate's account of a confession and evidence from other attacks put the case back before a jury. A jury found Colin Ash-Smith guilty of her murder in December 2014. Which did more to prove the case: the cellmate's account or the other evidence? Read the full, cited case file on casepin dot org.
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