Who Killed CJ Davis? (UPDATE) - An arrest
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🗓️ 25 March 2023
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Summary
Last week police said a 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder of Corey Junior Davis.
The 14-year-old was shot dead in broad daylight on 4th September, 2017, in Newham, East London.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Manvine here. |
| 0:04.1 | Back in 2020, we made a series here at Stories of Our Times called Who Killed CJ Davis. |
| 0:11.6 | It was with a crime correspondent at the Times, John Simpson, and it followed the investigation |
| 0:17.4 | into the murder of a 14-year-old schoolboy in East London. |
| 0:22.7 | Today, we have an important update. |
| 0:26.9 | Hi, John. |
| 0:31.9 | Keisha, how are you? |
| 0:33.9 | Oh, have you seen the news? |
| 0:38.9 | Yeah, I just wondered. |
| 0:40.9 | What, when did you hear? |
| 0:42.9 | So, my dear, the officer contacts me. |
| 0:45.9 | Well, I previously spoke to her about a week ago, and they said to me that they'll be |
| 0:49.9 | letting me know something's happening really soon, and then I got a call on Wednesday. |
| 0:55.9 | That's advised me that they have done the worst. |
| 1:02.9 | In 2017, Keisha McLeod's 14-year-old son, Corey Junior Davis, was shot dead in board daylight. |
| 1:08.9 | It was the latest casualty of violent crime against a backdrop of a simmering gang war in East London. |
| 1:14.9 | But CJ wasn't thought to be the intended target. |
| 1:18.9 | And now six years on, a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder. |
| 1:23.9 | You're listening to Who Killed CJ Davis. |
| 1:26.9 | I'm John Simpson, an investigative reporter and former crime correspondent for the Times. |
| 1:31.9 | Today, and arrest. |
| 1:40.9 | We haven't spoken properly since the last anniversary. |
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