Alan Senitt
Alan Senitt (26 December 1978 – 9 July 2006) was a British
political activist from Pinner, North London. He had previously attended Nower Hill High School, and was a former chairman of the Union of Jewish Students. He stood as the Labour Party candidate in Edgware, North London, in the May 2006 local elections.[1]
He worked with Lord
Forward Together.[1]
Senitt was murdered in the
Georgetown area of Washington, D.C. early on 9 July 2006. Senitt, 27, was escorting a female friend home when they were confronted by three men; at least one had a gun, and one had a knife. One attempted to sexually assault the woman while the other two assailants grabbed Senitt, stabbed him and slashed his throat. Then they fled, riding away in a car driven by a woman. Four suspects were arrested the same day. Christopher Piper, 25, was charged with felony murder and attempted sexual assault. Jeffrey Rice, 22; Olivia Miles, 26, and a 15-year-old boy whom police declined to identify because he has been charged as a juvenile, were all arrested for murder charges.[1] The juvenile later pleaded guilty to murder, as well as other charges, and has been sentenced.[3]
On 21 May 2007, Piper and Rice pleaded guilty to robbing and killing Senitt, and committing other robberies in the city.[4] They were sentenced 24 August to 37 and 52 years respectively in prison by the D.C. Superior Court.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Campaigner knifed to death in US". BBC News. 10 July 2006. Archived from the original on 18 November 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2006.
- ^ "All-Party British-Israel Parliamentary Group". House of Commons. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2006.
- ^ "Teen Sentenced in Murder of Aspiring Pol". Newsvine. Associated Press. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2006. [dead link]
- ^ Guilty pleas in British Activist's Death
- ^ "US pair jailed for killing Briton". BBC News. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- Washington Post, "Man Slain In Attack on Couple in Georgetown"
- New York Times, "Apologetic Police Commander Reinstated"
- The Times, "Tributes for 'brilliant' British activist murdered in the US"
- The Times, "Charity worker dies saving his friend from sex attackers"