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Seeing no way out to safety most of the Jews chose to commit suicide in the keep. The alternatives were to renounce their faith and surrender to forced baptism or death at the hands of the mob. They were led by the wealthy Jew Josce and Rabbi Yomtob, a noted scholar, who had come to York from Joigny in France. After killing their wives and children they set fire to the wooden keep and killed themselves.

The fact that he was a drug addict himself, whose life had been ruined by heroin, was no excuse, Becca says. “There are other addicts out there, but they don’t all go around murdering people.” Leaving the court after Marshall was found guilty of double murder, she turned, looked at her son’s killer and screamed: “Rot in hell!” The court was told that Marshall was suffering terrible withdrawal symptoms when he killed Daniel and his friend. 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.

In the spring of 1303, student Adam de Sarum was playing with a ball in the street when he was set upon by a trio of Irish scholars, who stabbed him in the face and throat. That is why they have set up a Facebook campaign calling either for the return of the death penalty or for life to mean life. Becca even produced a YouTube video to promote the campaign. 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.”

Dan was not a drug dealer!” she says. He was a heroin user, yes, but not a dealer. “What he did was act as a runner. He drove them around. He did that so he didn’t have to go stealing to pay for his habit.” He was described in court at Marshall’s trial as a drug dealer. But that wasn’t true, Rosie insists hotly. But why should the family leave? Becca says. “And anyway, wherever you are, it is going to follow you,” Rosie says. When I first met him he was quite shy and timid but he grew in to a man. He was the last person you would ever be offended by.On March 16 th 1190 a wave of anti-Semitic riots culminated in the massacre of an estimated 150 Jews – the entire Jewish community of York – who had taken refuge in the royal castle where Clifford’s Tower now stands. The chronicler William of Newburgh described the rioters as York acting “without any scruple of Christian conscientiousness”in wiping out the Jewish community. And William was not the only chronicler to record these lamentable acts, as the Chronicles of the Abbey of Meaux in East Yorkshire, and Roger of Howden include accounts. Knives were omnipresent in medieval society,” said Brown. Many cases feature a knife called a thwytel, later evolved to the word ‘whittle’. You’ve got the trial, and unpleasant as it is at least it is something to focus on,” she says. “Then you get the sentence, and at the time you’re satisfied with the sentence. He was a very genuine and caring person who always spread joy around him. He was extremely talented and equal to any youngster I have ever looked after.

Sometimes, when you’re reading what people have posted, I think, I can’t cope with this, and I have to come off.

YORK MURDER: A 19-year-old man charged with murder and attempted murder appears in court

In many instances, it is likely the jury named the right suspect, in others it may be a case of two plus two equals five.” He was such a lovely boy, happy and full of fun. Our thoughts are very much with his family and friends at this dreadful time.” 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. Marshall showed not one bit of remorse, she says. During his trial, he was asked what was going through his head when he killed the two men. “I wanted them dead,” he replied.