Reece Salmon, a 28-year-old international fraudster and former member of London’s Easy Cash Gang, was stabbed outside a £1.55 million home in Clerkenwell on 16 September and died in hospital the following day. The attacker remains at large, while the article examines Salmon’s criminal history and the gang’s role in violent robberies across London.

Salmon joined the gang as a teenager and was jailed for three years and nine months in 2019 after admitting involvement in several phone snatchings and robberies. Six gang members received a combined 30 years in prison following a 2018 campaign involving weapons, moped raids and attacks on luxury shops; Salmon was acquitted over the attempted robbery of Boodles. He later moved to New Zealand, where he was convicted in connection with fraud targeting victims, including elderly people.