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This page contains press release 48/06, in which the MPA makes a statement following the murder of Peter Woodhams in Canning Town, Newham.
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MPA statement following the murder of Peter Woodhams in Canning Town, Newham
48/06
24 August 2006
We offer our condolences to Peter Woodhams’s fiancée and family at this difficult time.
The Metropolitan Police Authority will ask the Commissioner to report fully to it on both incidents and investigations relating to Mr Woodhams, following his murder in Custom House, Newham, E16 on Monday 21 August.
We will want to know how police responded to the earlier stabbing incident in January when Mr Woodhams was allegedly attacked with a knife and whether the handling of that incident had any bearing on his murder.
Without prejudging the outcome of the Metropolitan Police’s own investigations, we will want to see if there are any lessons to be learnt.
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