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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ted Hennessey

Man who stabbed ‘hugely popular’ Islington flower seller jailed for life

PA Media

A popular flower seller was killed in a “needless and senseless” attack by his late girlfriend’s son who 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, who blamed him for his mother’s suicide.

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