A man who stabbed the 'Flower Man of Islington' to death because he blamed him for his mother's suicide has been jailed today for at least 20 years.
Peppiatt, 23, who was found guilty of murder after a trial at the Old Bailey, had no 'lawful or legitimate reason' for possessing the knife, Judge Richard Marks KC said while sentencing him today.
The judge told Peppiatt: 'Albeit you had a knife on you, the stabbing was not premeditated.
'This is amply borne out by the fact that you didn't use it in the first fight, but only in the second confrontation, by which time your blood was well and truly up.'
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Peppiatt, 23, who was found guilty of murder after a trial at the Old Bailey, had no 'lawful or legitimate reason' for possessing the knife, Judge Richard Marks KC said while sentencing him today.
The judge told Peppiatt: 'Albeit you had a knife on you, the stabbing was not premeditated.
'This is amply borne out by the fact that you didn't use it in the first fight, but only in the second confrontation, by which time your blood was well and truly up.'
Man who stabbed the 'Flower Man of Islington' to death jailed
Tony Eastlake, 55, (pictured right and left) was fatally stabbed in May 2021 near his stall in Islington, north London, by James Peppiatt (bottom inset), who blamed him for his mother's suicide.
