How police cracked cold case 40 years on from homophobic murder in London street

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleMichael Stewart (left) and Anthony Stewart have been jailed for life for murdering civil servant Anthony Little (PA)Brothers Michael and Anthony Stewart have been jailed for life for the 1984 murder of civil servant Anthony Littler in East Finchley, north London. Anthony Stewart, 60, received a minimum term of 15 years, while Michael Stewart, 57, was given a minimum of 10 years for the attack. The victim, 45-year-old Anthony Littler, was ambushed and bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat-type weapon as he walked home from East Finchley Tube station. The breakthrough in the cold case came 29 years after the murder when the brothers' younger sibling reported them, leading to a reopened investigation in 2022 using covert techniques. The court heard the brothers had targeted lone men, whom they believed to be gay, for robbery and violence, with the judge noting they were 'lying in wait for a victim'. In fullBrothers jailed for murder in 1984 hate crime spree against men they thought were gayMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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