Well now....Either you're not an expert on journalism or, more likely, don't have much of an idea about what does and what doesn't make a human interest story. I think the word you may have been looking for last night wasn't - or shouldn't have been prurient - but was probably 'gratuitous'. Although I could well be wrong about that. But if it was gratuitous, then this sad story with its colourful, dramatic, tragic, grossly violent content didn't fit that bill. It's a perfectly valid piece of journalism with plenty enough local connection and content. We even got “missing body parts” found in Hounslow. But if that wasn't quite local enough, we also learned the victim went to a Chiswick school - so there are readers who probably knew the chap. As for your single word headline – do you actually know what the word prurient means? If so – I'd seek a second opinion...Anyway, you now have 4 threads on the front page..I trust this one wasn't attention-seeking but that you'd simply been enjoying the cocktails...
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