9 January – Seven year old Katie Rough is fatally asphyxiated and stabbed in the neck near her home in Woodthorpe, York. A fifteen year old girl hands herself in to the police immediately after the killing.[4]
5 July – Robert Trigg was convicted of the manslaughter of Caroline Devlin and the murder of Susan Nicholson.
24 November – A sixteen-year-old girl who admitted the manslaughter seven year old Katie Rough in York is detained for life and ordered to serve a minimum term of five years.[8]
Deaths
January 12:
Anthony King, 82, professor and political scientist.
Graham Taylor, 72, football manager (Watford, Aston Villa, England).
January 18:
John Hurt, 77, actor (The Elephant Man, Alien).
January 20:
Mary Tyler Moore, 80, actress and television icon.
January 22:
John McCririck, 79, horse racing pundit and television personality.
February 3:
John McGuinness, 87, politician and member of the House of Lords.
February 20:
Bill Paxton, 61, actor (Twister, Aliens).
March 20:
Sir Bruce Forsyth, 89, television presenter and entertainer.
April 21:
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 99, husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
May 22:
Chris Cornell, 52, musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave).
June 14:
Charlie Murphy, 57, actor and comedian.
June 30:
David Kelly, 82, scientist and author.
July 14:
David Warner, 80, actor (Titanic, The Omen).
August 16:
Jerry Lewis, 91, comedian, actor, and filmmaker.
September 8:
John McCain, 81, U.S. senator and war hero.
October 17:
Tom Petty, 66, musician (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers).
November 12:
Stan Lee, 95, comic book writer and publisher, co-creator of Spider-Man and the X-Men.
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