FOI 142692
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 142692
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 31st December 2021. Please find below the response to your request:
- I would like to request the number of LGBTQ+ victims of homicide since 2016. If
you could provide the name of each victim, the date it occurred and where the
homicides took place in each instance.
- I would like to request the how many of these homicides are solved and how many remain unsolved.
- If you could provide the rates of prosecution and conviction for those murders that were solved as well as the timeframe between discovery of the body and charges being brought.
Reply:-
I can confirm that West Mercia holds the information you have requested.
There is one investigation the murder of Amy Griffiths (formerly known as Michael). The offence was the 14th January 2019 and occurred at, Chalverton Court, Droitwich. The suspect was sentenced on the 11th March 2021.
Please see news links below relating to this case.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-56360357