Knives were omnipresent in medieval society,” said Brown. Many cases feature a knife called a thwytel, later evolved to the word ‘whittle’. DANIEL’S family – Rosie, her husband Jeff, winner of this year’s Community Pride parent of the year award, and daughters Nicola, 37, and Becca, 32 – say they will never be able to forgive John Paul Marshall for what he did to their son. One of the biggest regrets Daniel’s family have is that they never got to see his body after he had been killed. They were advised not to. Life in medieval urban centres could be rough, but it was by no means lawless. The community understood their rights and used the law when conflicts emerged.

Some Oxford cases reveal rifts among scholars from different parts of the British Isles. Lodgings were often arranged according to students’ home regions, and friction between northerners and southerners, or the Irish, Welsh and English, was common. But then you start to feel: 18 years for two lives? How can that be? Dan had more than 18 years of his life to lead.” Mr McNally's sister Alexandra described the killers as "violent and evil" men and said what they had done to her brother was "unforgiveable".

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He fully entered into the life of the Art & Design department at College and enjoyed a trip to Barcelona with us.

It will be ten years at least before Marshall is even considered for parole. But even the thought of him one day being released horrifies the family. Rosie and her daughter, Becca – Dan’s sister – still remember their last conversation with him. He rang the Thursday before he was murdered to say he was no longer staying at the Cemetery Road flat where he had been living. “Mum said, ‘Why don’t you come home?’” Becca recalls. “He said he couldn’t leave Kev. He was loyal, that’s how I would describe him.”

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There were 4,443 incidents of theft (theft crime rate 2,203) in York in the year ending July 2022. The chance of being involved in an incident of theft in York is about a 2.20% chance per year.