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Ted Hennessey and Matt Watts

Killer of ‘hugely popular’ Islington flower seller jailed for life

A man who stabbed to death a popular flower seller in North London in a “needless and senseless” attack has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years.

Tony Eastlake, 55, was fatally stabbed in May 2021 near his stall in Islington, north London, by James Peppiatt, his late girlfriend’s son, who blamed him for his mother’s suicide.

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