{"id":213633,"date":"2023-08-26T17:32:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T17:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=213633"},"modified":"2023-08-26T17:32:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T17:32:21","slug":"knifeman-who-stabbed-flower-man-of-islington-to-death-after-blaming-him-for-his-mums-suicide-is-jailed-for-life-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/knifeman-who-stabbed-flower-man-of-islington-to-death-after-blaming-him-for-his-mums-suicide-is-jailed-for-life-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Knifeman who stabbed \u2018Flower Man of Islington\u2019 to death after blaming him for his mum\u2019s suicide is jailed for life | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A KNIFEMAN has been found guilty of stabbing a popular flower seller to death after blaming him for his mum's suicide.<\/p>\n

James Peppiatt, 23, knifed Tony Eastlake, who was known as the "Flower Man of Islington", in the chest and pierced his heart.<\/p>\n


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He has today been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years after being convicted of murder.<\/p>\n

The Old Bailey heard Tony, 55, had been in a relationship with Peppiatt's mum Alicia Callaghan after splitting with his wife in 2018.<\/p>\n

She tragically took her own life on April 1, 2021, which caused a "rift" between Tony and Peppiatt, it was said.<\/p>\n

Julian Evans KC, prosecuting, said: "Tony Eastlake told his friend that James Peppiatt blamed him for his mother's death."<\/p>\n

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On May 29, 2021, Tony called Peppiatt while packing up his flower stall at around 5pm.<\/p>\n

He then made his way along Essex Road where he met the killer and the pair walked together.<\/p>\n

Tony was later heard saying something along the lines of: "Don't p**s me off, I've took a lot, I've kept quiet".<\/p>\n

Peppiatt then "moved at speed" towards the flower seller, who had worked on the same stall since he was 14.<\/p>\n

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A fight between the pair lasting up to 40 seconds erupted, leaving both men injured.<\/p>\n

As Tony tried to walk away, Peppiatt asked "where are you going?" before continuing to follow him.<\/p>\n

Peppiatt then said something like "don't f***ing talk to me like that", with one witness believing he then landed a punch on Tony's back.<\/p>\n

In reality, the killer had plunged a knife into Tony that severed his thoracic aorta – the main blood vessel in the body.<\/p>\n

He was seen staggering into a nearby car park where he collapsed and died shortly after.<\/p>\n

Peppiatt meanwhile fled the scene and chucked the knife and his phone into a canal.<\/p>\n

He handed himself into\u00a0police\u00a0three days later and answered "no comment" in his interview.<\/p>\n

Paying tribute, Tony's daughter Paige Eastlake said she "couldn't be prouder" of her dad for the "lasting legacy he left as the \u2018Flower Man of Essex Road'".<\/p>\n

She added: "As well as being my Dad, Tony was my best friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no words that could ever explain the impact this tragedy has had, and continues to have on me and my family. <\/p>\n

"My Dad, Tony, was killed on the 29th May, 2021 we are now in 2023. It has taken a long time to get here, a very long time. I am so glad that he finally got the justice he deserves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have been through as a family is something I wouldn\u2019t wish on anyone. A part of us died that day and nothing will ever help heal the hole that is left in our hearts<\/span>. <\/p>\n

"My Dad was kind, funny, generous, and had the funniest laugh. To me he was just perfect, he was one of a kind. Life will never be the same without him. <\/p>\n

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"He will never walk me down the aisle, he will never get to see my children. We will never do anything together again. <\/p>\n

"All this was taken from me in the most cruel, senseless, uncalled for way, and that is what we struggle with."<\/p>\n


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