Image source: From the plaque
Nicknamed 'fox' because of his ginger hair. He was aged 19. The Islington Gazette reported "... McCarthy was attacked in revenge for abducting and torturing {a drug dealer}...". 6 weeks after that event two of the drug dealer's associates murdered McCarthy. The murderers were both given life sentences.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Michael McCarthy
Murder victim. Born Stephen Adrian Lawrence in Greenwich District Hospital. He attended the Blackheath Bluecoat School, and was studying to become an architect. On the night of 22nd April 1993, he ...
Detective Constable with the Metropolitan Police. Fatally stabbed when, although off duty, he attempted to arrest a bag thief and died, aged 26, on 13 December 1991. Posthumously awarded the Queen'...
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
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