Twenty-seven others were seriously injured.
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The eight-page briefing note states: 'It is suspected that Smithyman was the other person with when the fire started and it is our belief he will admit his full complicity in the matter.'Īlmost all victims of the blaze on January 18, 1981, were teenagers and all were black. Michael Smithyman, who had been jailed for killing his pregnant girlfriend, was the subject of a police report submitted to the Home Office and was reinterviewed by an elite Scotland Yard unit in 1993.īut the probe was shelved shortly afterwards, leaving some officers incensed by the failure to fully investigate the claim.
No one has ever been tried for starting the blaze, but between 19 police received confessions from a jailed killer who gave the name of a suspect, and said he himself was present when it began. The New Cross fire in South London in 1981 prompted a campaign for political action over allegations of a totally inadequate response from police and government. Police chiefs have been accused of failing to fully investigate the confession of a jailed murderer who revealed how a house fire started 40 years ago, killing 13 young black partygoers. Michael Smithyman, who had been jailed for killing his pregnant girlfriend, was the subject of a police report submitted to the Home Office and was reinterviewed by an elite Scotland Yard unit in 1993
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