#346 - Vitriol: The London Acid Attacks
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
On Monday the 24th of September 2018, an unnamed couple parked-up outside of Princethorpe House in Woodchester Square in Paddington, W2. The man was kidnapped, driven across London, and then in an unspecified bathroom on Fulham Palace Road, he was tortured using acid. But how did acid become the weapon of choice for many London gangs? Find out on Murder Mile.
- Location: Princethorpe House in Woodchester Square in Paddington, W2.
- Date/time: Monday the 24th of September 2018 at 9pm approx
- Victim: unnamed
- Culprit: Aston Rochester, Jamal Gordon-Harris, Rennell Rutty, Bradley Evans and Denzil Rochester
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| 0:56.0 | How did Acid become the weapon of choice for many of London's gangs? Find out on Murder Mile. |
| 1:02.0 | Today, I'm standing on Woodchester Square in Paddington W2. |
| 1:09.0 | Two streets west of the decapitated head of the alleged Algerian lover. |
| 1:14.2 | Two streets north of the second killing by London's forgotten gay slayer. |
| 1:18.9 | 100 yards for where Martyr Ligman's body was found in a suitcase floating in the canal. |
| 1:24.7 | In the same square as the son who killed his parents to protect his dogs, coming soon |
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| 1:54.0 | a very busy carriageway. Covered in silver panels, concrete and glass. |
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